By Skywalker Payne
Do
not cry out for vengeance or justice.
Neither exist in this world
of appearance.
Listen and understand
we are all nothing
and everything
we are all one pulsing breathing heart.
Our
blood flows like rivers to a
sea of violence we’ve created
with our thoughts, words
and actions strike like
axes
destroying ancient trees.
Do not think yours is the only
heart broken.
Do not think yours are the only eyes
blinded by
tears that cannot stop
watching the life light fade from your
child’s body.
No monopoly on grief exists.
No black
privilege on pain
or Gazan Syrian or Israeli.
Who wrote a
poem for the Nigerian girls
kidnapped and forced to be suicide
bombers
for a shadow entity
given free reign by African and
Western
governments.
I hear the sound of oil rigs and
blasting of mines
Africa continues to be raped
and Gazans
remain expendable pawns in
the ongoing power struggle between the
West and
the Arabs who failed to achieve unity
an English man
named Lawrence
fought for 100 years ago.
And here in the
USA have we forgotten
the history of the police, always the
servants
of the wealthy status quo?
Remember, police beat
the heads of white
union organizers and imprison white people
seeking equality, justice, and peace.
Even theatre was called
Communist when
ignorant elected “public servants” so decreed.
Police violence is inflicted with
hateful malice on
black, brown,
red, and yellow people.
Know your history
to create a new path.
We have an obligation to transform the
world.
Time to create new stories.
We must unite with
everyone’s
heart broken by grief from violence.
Our
hearts are huge enough to forgive and to comfort.
Our minds
vast potential holds solutions
to end bigotry, hatred, envy,
greed,
pride, and ignorance.
This is a 21st century
non-violent battle cry.
Let it begin now with our light
of
courageous, caring consciousness.
Copyright
© 2015
Skywalker Payne
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For more poetry by Skywalker, see: http://skywalkerstorytellerworks.com
For more about her work, see: http://skywalkerpayne.com
The 100 Best African American Poems
Edited by Nikki Giovanni. 
