Best One For All Poems
God is all colours
And He is no colour,
For He lives in the black
And He lives in the white.
He lives in the mixed,red
Olive, brown and yellow,
For He lives in the heart
Where colours out of sight.
God is all creeds
And he is no creed.
He lives in the Muslim
And He lives in the Jew.
He's there in the Hindu,
The Christian, the Buddhist.
In all true believers
And the doubters too-
So why all this predjudice
Because of colour?
Why all this thinking
There's a chosen race?
Why are we fighting
In the name of religion?
When surely God wears
Every human face.
Man has differences
Man has opinions.
That is the way
The human race is run.
God is only ONE GOD
However we see him.
He's one for all,
So that all can be ONE.
Together at last
Your children are my children
My children are yours
before labor unions came into existence businesses were run like monarchies
where those in positions of power treated the workers atrociously
no sick days, no overtime, no vactions and no minimum wage
and some work place conditions were worse than an animal's cage
but throught the grace of God and American ingenuity
the laborers joined together and the unions came to be
organized for the advancement of the shared interest of the work force
a confederation of laborers who at one time had no recourse
fired without cause, no work injury compensation and hardly a lunch hour
but with the labor unions now in place the workers have a measure of power
bargaining for health insurance and decent salaries
negotiating for better conditions and job security
thank God for the unions as collectively we band
one for all and all for one, united we now stand
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... CayCay Jennings
October 11, 2016
Contest: CB Tribute Contest, Andrea Dietrich
1st Place - everyone got 1st place
It's a turning point in time
A history that tells of lies and crimes
One percent shepherd and 99 blind
Led to the slaughter in a single file line
Be it less or more the same
We must shed our skins, forget the blame
See ourselves with love not shame
To ease our hearts of this endless pain
Be this a view of the past
We've come a long way but we're moving too fast
We keep pushing the threshold, how long can it last?
Further and further toward it's collapse
But now comes a chance for change
Resist the division lest we all be estranged
Unity is never too far out of range
We can throw in the towel or make the exchange
One for all, All for one by Kamisah bt Abdul Karim
One for all, all for one,
Our teacher crooned, on a torrid noon,
Her sneaky smile stirred a shake, as our senses began to quake,
We did the math, we sum and times, subtract and divide,
Found no glimpse of light, well, who were we to brag, we’re no genius of math,
Groped our way into the light, greeted by an adventure in delight,
Adventure was kind and wise,
Fluttered few words of advice,
I shall rattle the sleeping ogre to quake in you,
But,
It will bloom radiant flowers of wisdom in you,
The path to thrive would be rough, to remain tough,
Teacher declared a new merit to meet,
Made our hearts skipped a horrifying beat,
Teacher pierced it fiercely loud and clear,
“Each one of you must pass my test,
OR ELSE,
each one of you will get an ‘F’”
That’s outrages! Is she serious?
We begged for reconsideration,
Her decision, as sound as a pound, stood its ground,
Driving us stark raving mad,
Failed every test, foiled every bash,
We began to stumble and fumble,
White towels in grip, we shrieked in defeat, “Abort ship!”,
Our parents not ready to quit to halt a sinking ship,
Told us to lend a hand, to share and mend,
New doors were unlocked, blinded to appearance, status and race,
Finally,
We aced the test, a gigantic burst of pride pulsated in our chests,
Tears trickled down teacher’s face as she quavered that phrase,
We sobbed silently in apprehension,
We acclaimed,
One teacher’s passion,
Every parent’s preservation,
Every friend’s participation,
One for all, All for one,
No one gets left behind, moving together hand in hand,
As friends, as families, as communities,
One nation in unity,
Though their all grown up they still need you for crying out loud
Yet you still ride on that sick cloud
Please don't think I hate you for I do not
I would just love to have gotten half of what you got
Loving parents who show it a lot
Even to the grandkids when they were small
Just remember we were there for you one and all
We walked a many a mile and you promised the world
To give you time away from your little girls
No excuses, no ifs ,no and , no but
That's where we inevitably got cut
I know if I were to die tomorrow where my soul would go?
Do you think with that you already know
Think Jesus would let you in
To look down upon you as His child and see where the Devil has taken your life through sin