Theft To Own



Theft is not earned to own it.
Nor is ignorance to spread,
One's duty to obligate it done.

Someone no longer on this Earth perceived,
Whatever they took away from others...
Had been theirs to take,
To claim a discovery.
Done to defend and place a value.
At the disadvantage,
Of the ones left behind.
Then to leave them to declare,
Them to be threats and enemies.

Throughout history this is witnessed to see.
To eventually become,
A way of life to be called 'Liberty'.
Justified by laws and rules,
Documented to dictate and follow.
Obeyed to include entitlements given.
Yet not for all,
Who are judged by a few.
Deciding amongst themselves,
To exclude the many...
With a doing intended and meant to do.
For purposes to use,
Their ethnicity.
Appearance and religious beliefs.
Done to discriminate themselves from others.
By images shown to make it known,
Those who are different and due respect...
Should be treated as second class citizens.
And not the ones who reflect,
The ability to declare themselves to be...
Obviously blessed to be among,
Those 'Chosen'.
In the eyes enforced to behold them that way!

'MOVE OUT THE WAY!
LET DEITIES PASS THROUGH.
HERE WHAT I SAY?
MOVE OUT THE WAY.
WE ARE THE CHOSEN.
NOT YOU!'
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Written on October 13, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on October 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxa xbxcdxxxx cxcxxaxdxcdxcxbxexecxaf FdfFad
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,217
Words 257
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 9, 23, 6

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