It Wasn't That Long Ago
It wasn’t that long ago
People of color weren’t allowed to vote.
They weren’t allowed to eat in restaurants
Books they weren’t allowed to tote.
They weren’t allowed to assemble
In public or private like today they do.
Once they were allowed to do such things
Oh my how the hatred grew.
Many people were lynched
Churches were burned to the ground.
All for the sake of the freedoms
That the fathers of this country had found.
This is what astonishes me
It’s the attitudes of the youth of today.
They act like all that they have now
No one in the past had a price to pay.
Just study your history young folks
A history much deeper than the one in school that is being taught.
Take note that many in the past paid the ultimate price
And your casual freedoms with their lives they bought.
So next time you go to the movies and sit where you wish
Or on the bus you sit in the front seat
Take time to thank a person of color from the past
Who tried the same thing and got beat.
11-7-06
KCASR
posted by inspired by u @ 10:23 AM
3 Comments:
This is so true-thanks for sharing. I hope the young will some day appreciate they are where they are today because of the brothers and sisters going through yesterday.
Thanks again for sharing,
Arene
Hello and thank you for inviting me to your blog. I am blown away by your talent. This is the first poem in the list, so I am going to read more!
A thoughtful and important poem and a good rhyme rythm.Keep up the good work!
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