All Lives Matter
We are all a darker shade of white
A common history
Binds us all in experiences
That have been cruel unjust downright criminal
We look upon each other with
Competing words
Weapons with which we wound
Endured over centuries
Written shadows on the wall of time
Visible but obscured
As if one is better than the other
All painful tragic unforgettable grievous
We need to rise above
This pettiness that separates us
Makes us inequal in each other's eyes
And keeps us imbalanced isolated alone
We cannot change the threads of time
Weathered stained with years of chaos
But can strive to unite
In a common goal
To make the world
The place that it deserves to be
A utopia of dreams
We yearn to be free
Lifting our hearts
Besides that golden door
Following a tidal wave
Scars left long ago
A road map from the soul
Of those who came before
Presently,
We have one common enemy-----hate
That strikes the heart like daggers of ice
That strikes the mind like nails on a coffin
Death floats taking those dear to us
To be lost in a sea of nameless faces
Leaving us dumbfounded
Searching for a glimpse a sign
That let's us go where no one
Has gone before
Leaving the path of resentment
To travel the road of forgiveness
To a celebration of all lives
About this poem
Pain in the knowledge that race is an issue that has not changed in centuries.
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Written on April 08, 2020
Submitted by ACABEO.EMILIA on February 15, 2022
Modified on May 02, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXXX XXXCXXD XDXX CXAEX BXBXFXXEF BXXXDXXXXFXDX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,261 |
Words | 247 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 4, 5, 9, 13 |
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