The Slave Trade
You hear about
the Black slave trade
but you never hear about
the white slave trade
Vikings stole
the Irish and scottish
selling them
for the white slave trade
Even today
the female slave trade
continues in all cultures
it should not be
about colour
It should be about
man's inhumanity to man
As a world
we should stand
against abuse
teach your children
to hate
the colour of a mans skin
you teach your children
to abuse people
teach your children
to hate abuse
you create a world
that loves peace
Anger and hatred
build violence
yet there has already been
too much violence
ninety five million
American Indians
Killed and abused
by the spanish
conquistadors
Ten millions
africans killed
to line the pockets
of king Leopold the second
Millions of Jewish people
killed in the second world war
Man's inhumanity to man
every day
we prove that we can hate
yet
creating more violence
is not the answer
and only leads
to the cycle of war.
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2017
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