Poetry For Everyday People
"All We Are Saying" Equal Chance
The simple facts
of living seem
to elude those lost
in hate,
how sweet the sound
of peace, sound of kids
playing, sound of Sunday
morning alive
with chance,
hands in gardens, arms
around each other, Black,
White, Middle Eastern, Latin,
Asian, enough hate, we're
brothers and sisters, we're
in this together,
enough hate,
people are scared
to say Muslim or Arab?
(there is no Z in Muslim)
let's listen to the blues
and drink a cold beer,
come on people, the action of
many out weighs the action of
a few,
about twenty two percent
of the world's population
is Muslims (more than a billion people),
about thirty three percent
are Christians,
now do you believe
there is any logic
in hating all Muslims?
is Mohamed Ali a terrorist?
wait, his first name is Mohamed,
no, wait, Obama, his middle name is Hussein,
no, wait, he might be Muslim,
Islam is the second largest
religion in the world,
so now, somebody's name dictates
what kind of person they are?
it's beyond embarrassing
the state of racism and lack
of intelligence, still,
in the year two thousand eight,
these are easy questions
with easier answers,
the generalization of people
is an old ploy by racists,
with very serious
psychiatric problems,
the simple facts
of living seem
to elude those lost
in hate,
how sweet the sound
of peace, sound of kids
playing, sound of Sunday
morning alive
with chance.
of living seem
to elude those lost
in hate,
how sweet the sound
of peace, sound of kids
playing, sound of Sunday
morning alive
with chance,
hands in gardens, arms
around each other, Black,
White, Middle Eastern, Latin,
Asian, enough hate, we're
brothers and sisters, we're
in this together,
enough hate,
people are scared
to say Muslim or Arab?
(there is no Z in Muslim)
let's listen to the blues
and drink a cold beer,
come on people, the action of
many out weighs the action of
a few,
about twenty two percent
of the world's population
is Muslims (more than a billion people),
about thirty three percent
are Christians,
now do you believe
there is any logic
in hating all Muslims?
is Mohamed Ali a terrorist?
wait, his first name is Mohamed,
no, wait, Obama, his middle name is Hussein,
no, wait, he might be Muslim,
Islam is the second largest
religion in the world,
so now, somebody's name dictates
what kind of person they are?
it's beyond embarrassing
the state of racism and lack
of intelligence, still,
in the year two thousand eight,
these are easy questions
with easier answers,
the generalization of people
is an old ploy by racists,
with very serious
psychiatric problems,
the simple facts
of living seem
to elude those lost
in hate,
how sweet the sound
of peace, sound of kids
playing, sound of Sunday
morning alive
with chance.
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`All We Are Saying` Equal Chance
`All We Are Saying` Equal Chance