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Against Oikocide

Release me from the claws of bigotry that strangles my breath 
For its looming shadow longs for the sound of my death 
Its chauvinist mind wants to enslave the sound of my voice 
Its sickle wants to rip the echo of my choice 

Even if I'm already swollen and fallen 
Its clout still tramples on my limbs that were broken 
Rip the vein that runs through its prejudiced heart 
Make its vilifying tongue depart 

For how can a light be useful in the land of the blind,
When the only voice that matters is one from a slave mind? 
Take me to a place where conviction is not a ticket to die 
Where I can freely spread my wings and fly 

Where color of skin is not the measure of being human 
Where people do not judge on basis of their clan 
Where the sounds of little voices really matter 
Where everybody shuns the pessimism of a hater 

May 7, 2023

Copyright © R. B. Cawis

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