Prejudice warning explicit language

[Artemis]

This is one of my few poems that I wrote back when I went back to California and hung out with my cousins to much LOL. This was also written after the events of 9/11 when anyone that resembled Muslim people in the US were being persecuted.

Anger fills my soul,
Looking back trying to let go.
I look around me,
Seeing lies.

Why does it matter what your race is?
Does it matter the features of your faces?
Why do we give a fuck?
And why do you insist on trying to kick my ass?

We are the same within,
Be we large or thin.
We come from the Earth,
From her God gave us birth.

We are all the same,
Yet we discriminate against each other; what a shame.
Every day I look around;
I see the prejudice and blood on the ground.

Why does it bother me to see the blood of any?
It's the spilt blood of the innocent and there are many.
They are killed, persecuted, and attacked. Why?
All because they're different; be they Arab, Asian, or Black

[K Man]

Again..very well done Artemis.

You know, I could have used someone like you when I was in this...teen-youth group. Full of talented souls that did what they could for the community.

Your poems could have been passed around on flyers...kind of a wake-up call.

Thanks for bringing this to the boards....

[Artemis]

Thank you for your kind words. I tend to try and write what I feel.

[sonnetinkinston]

It sounds to me as if you managed to deal with your anger and frustration in a positive outlet. Still, the pain you felt was evident in your words.

We experienced some of this prejudice when I was oversees. But what made it amazing, at least to me, was that the Iraqi people tolerated us, the invaders as the newspapers claim the Iraqi people refer to us, better than I myself was tolerated in my hometown which has been split by racial barriers since the civil war. Go figure.