What Would You Think
A Note to Kenny
A Gifted Young Man and Student
“WHAT WOULD YOU THINK”
If you saw
A caged bird without a beak
Or heard a deaf song
From a parakeet?
A gazelle that could not run
A midnight black morning
Without the sun
A mother that refuses to hear
The sobs of her daughter saying
“Mother Dear,
Please…”
It would be tragic indeed.
Only one other tragedy could compare.
That of seeing a
talented
black young man
refuse to declare.
Make known to the world,
“I am here…”
Yes tragic indeed,
to see an intellect
that we couldn’t even forget
Because it was never
used
to remember.
Can such a curse be forgiven?
It would be my sin
to see this wrong and remain
silent.
So in this poem I yell!
Plead with the black young man
“Do tell!”
You with something to find
Seek…
You with something to stand
Be…
You with something to say
Speak…
While there is still time
Make up your mind
And shine…
Copyright © Tyshawn Knight | Year Posted 2014
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