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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 2017)
♦ ♦ Poetry Street Roots • May 5-11, 2017 Page 13 Standing Together Can We Stand Together by Aileen McPherson by Flash We Stand Together, is this true, When hate is the debate, how we rate all races, History documents many cases, so why’s the world so racist, What caused all this hatred. The time I felt alone was of definite insignificance based on authenticity of grey matter On alone and rejection was really my insistence on being Connected to an artificial A violent whore because they never wanted to interact to begin with So I was cast through time and space Never alone, just available for authenticity knowing not where it would manifest. Loving the potential and staring into the void being swallowed and birthed again Great universes manifesting in my isolation birthing formalities of authenticity. Taming the words of the infinite my art is impotent hold more worth than truth We say we care, yet still we stare at any difference Another shares, why can’t we accept a different sect We are not classes, our spiritualities massive, With cultures expansive, all this knowledge is fantastic So why do we allow fanatics to dictate how we Understand semantics. We all can stand tall for underneath it all are skeletons Call, let there be peace for all, Our skins the same, merely the pigments are changed While others have a need that requires a greater change Underneath it all we are still the same. From birth to death our journeys are bereft, Knowledge meant to help and accept are smashed underfoot By those who would rather profit From our debts, fears, and neglects. So make a stand, it must be grand, Take it across the land, let the ones who control our land know we will no longer stand For the inequality that spreads through our lands. LA U G H IN G PLA N ET.C O M
