There is no resolution without first a solution
An awakening, a calling from whence we first knew it

To clear the path before us
From war and destruction and all those who grew it

Let them hear you now

For I am the poet who stands tall

Arm and Arm with the ancestors, sisters, brothers, enbys
I love them all

You cannot take out OUR pride and OUR joy

Your hands are bloody and they constantly toy
With the hate of many, it plagues us all

& We sleep with one eye open now
But the sun will rise again

Because we see you
And we feel you from when you were small

This life you’ve chose was NOT the one you called

Just a mere thorn in your knee that made you fall

From GODs own eyes
Turned to dirty spies

But we are here to help you

Lift you from your broken path

To wipe away your years of endless wrath
That the child inside you has had to carry

Alone and tired and just barely…

Able to breathe a breath of newness
Filled with flowers of love
And their sweet dewness

It is safe to be now
In a place of family

We reach our hands out
Our hearts out
When you are finally ready

…to be as one
Like we’ve only just begun

In the halls of the classroom a professor addressed the gathering
“Color is the most important thing to see in your students.”
Yet within my heart an opposing perspective unfurled,
For I firmly believe in perceiving beyond whats seen.

“Not race but merit ” I softly whispered in response
As talents and dreams should soar limitlessly.
Each student, a canvas painted with hues
Their potential unrestricted by a lens.

A palette of minds an untamed spectrum lies, before us,
Where brilliance and creativity remain unnamed.
Within each shade resides a captivating narrative
Not confined to predetermined colors we are told to see.

To judge based on race to measure through skin
Dims the radiance that each individual possesses.
A brushstroke of bias, a shade of ignorance cast upon us all
Suppresses the essence of significance and beauty.

Let us embrace the kaleidoscope of souls that surround us
Where differences unite than divide.
For, within the inclusive frame of our classrooms
Genuine learning and personal growth carve their purpose.

So let us not impose limitations or draw lines to define others
Instead let understanding radiate brightly.In the hearts and minds of people diversity flourishes, like an unsung but harmonious song.