Birth
Genocide, larceny and slavery
The founding of a nation.
The red man and the black man
Exploitation, extermination.
Looking for a new life
Full of arrogant superiority.
With guns, whips and slipknots,
Possessing wealth the priority.
Born through rites of murder
And heartless cruelty;
Hypocrisy and fear;
Evading all penalty.
Hundreds of years have passed
But the attitude persists.
Throttling the very necks
Of anyone who resists.
Time to put it right
To make positive what might be.
To respect each other –
With a new era of equality.
Opher – 3.5.2020