Pain.

Fear.

Shame.

Trauma.

 

The violence continues.

Oppressors oppress.

Pain escalates.

Fear encompasses.

Shame erodes.

Trauma.

 

Micro oppression.

Macro oppression.

The blame is the same.

It lies with the

Oppressor.

 

If you can’t meet your physiological needs,

You won’t meet your safety needs.

If you can’t stand tall

And defend your very existence,

 

You won’t be permitted to find

Love, esteem, or peace.

How does the world become better?

By making lives worse?

Leaders of our countries

Do not understand the plight.

They embody power.

How can they understand

Oppression?

 

If you know.

You know.

And you want to

Scream out.

 

STOP

 

Please! Stop!

 

A wise man once said,

“Hate begets hate.

Violence begets violence.

Toughness begets a greater toughness.”

 

We are not free,

Unless all of us are free.

We feel the pain

Coursing through the world.

 

We feel the pain

Viscerally.

Those of us who get it,

Know.

 

Why do we allow

Such adversarial leaders

To lead us? Why can’t

We chose a different breed.

 

Are we given an option?

Are we given a choice?

Are we sold on terms that divide

On issues that shouldn’t matter?

 

There are more kind people

In this world, than evil.

It’s time we take control

And give the world a chance.

 

For Peace.

And Azadi.

For Daad.

And Freedom.