Bernard Barclay Poet Narrative

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.

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Beata Agustin November 25, 2023 at 5:00 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.