nondescript another ran little more nor rarely was heard
unifying symbolism brave protest viewed too bold
pitchforked mobs spew slurs
erupting hate filled bent
protests prove ignorance bliss
humans now simmer
mutual understanding needed then as today coming together seems completely absurd
why do i care
or how would i know
just a white poet
so do what you’re told
ya see, here’s the thing
tommie at oberlin a student field trip
i met Tommie Smith and told him i cared
he gave me a hug and asked how i felt
we spoke somewhat longer real fellowship
took home a pennant
his autograph proudly shared
bigotry at home astonished I cried
a young heart left broken
with sabre stroke sharply dealt
never imagined
not in a million years
a parent looked up to
others saw a legend
forgiveness
one lessoned learned
from tommie it came
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Feb 21, 2019
Strength when worn down to the bone, solidarity when you feel alone, weakness that you think you feel, determined that your cause is real, upset by what you cannot change, circumstance may rearrange, plan that time just rips apart, strength you had right from the start....
SicknessWhat kind of sick coward strikes a woman?How could a man possibly think it's rightTo push her around? It takes a weak man, A pitiful man--to turn any fightWith a woman to violence. You can'tCall yourself a man at all if you hitA woman even once. Even an errantSwing is unacceptable. You're a shit, You're pathetic, you're insecure. But whatIs even lower is the strange, sad factThat our society condones it--thatMost legal systems ignore the cruel actOf forcing woman into fearful cower,While men find reward in a show of pow'r.
a clenched fist
inspires emotional illness
stress and superfluous fanfare
tied to your psychotropic chair
angry and bitter
but, no, you're not a quitter
so looming darkness reigns
depression
internal oppression
your own existence is the bane
hanging from the precipice
is your only manic state of bliss
dissipating
into the knotted gist
encroaching madness
is 1968 today
american champion tommie dons the gold
earning ribboned treasure the dais ascent
juan’s adornment now an incandescent shimmer
nondescript another ran little more nor rarely was heard
unifying symbolism brave protest viewed too bold
pitchforked mobs spew slurs
erupting hate filled bent
protests prove ignorance bliss
humans now simmer
mutual understanding needed then as today coming together seems completely absurd
why do i care
or how would i know
just a white poet
so do what you’re told
ya see, here’s the thing
tommie at oberlin a student field trip
i met Tommie Smith and told him i cared
he gave me a hug and asked how i felt
we spoke somewhat longer real fellowship
took home a pennant
his autograph proudly shared
bigotry at home astonished I cried
a young heart left broken
with sabre stroke sharply dealt
never imagined
not in a million years
a parent looked up to
others saw a legend
forgiveness
one lessoned learned
from tommie it came
Strength when worn down to the bone, solidarity when you feel alone, weakness that you think you feel, determined that your cause is real, upset by what you cannot change, circumstance may rearrange, plan that time just rips apart, strength you had right from the start....
5:12 PM - 20 Feb 2019
✊BY MY HAND ✊
It's not be created to be in vain.
A test in her gift, and also pain.
A hand, and a brain.
A heart with good roots, good strain.
So do. Yes, you can.
For yourself, and also the people even if you have no fan.
You're HIS successor, so be a real man. Hold on, be strong. How beautiful you're in work tan.
The sweetest moment.
Pleased your heart with foment.
When you could scream.
Yes, I achieved my dream.
ONLY BY MY HAND.
✨Marwa ✨
20/2/2019
Strength you save until the end,
No longer mindset to pretend,
Defiantly hold your soul complete,
Nothing left of you to beat,
Your eyes confirm the truth within,
Strength you save again begin.
Solidarity
A hand raised in solidarity
A symbol of being united, being free
Free of the shackles of the past
Equal regardless of gender,religion, race or class
The hand shows the hard graft it has taken
Many lives mistreated and forsaken
Let everyone raise their fists
In unity with our brothers, show your wrists
Who's with me hand fisted, fingers curled
Together we can make a better world
Sickness What kind of sick coward strikes a woman? How could a man possibly think it's right To push her around? It takes a weak man, A pitiful man--to turn any fight With a woman to violence. You can't Call yourself a man at all if you hit A woman even once. Even an errant Swing is unacceptable. You're a shit, You're pathetic, you're insecure. But what Is even lower is the strange, sad fact That our society condones it--that Most legal systems ignore the cruel act Of forcing woman into fearful cower, While men find reward in a show of pow'r.