A collection of poems, writings and gleanings from South Florida Writers of Color.
By Dr. Ralph Hogges
We Are The Others
By Dr. Ralph Hogges
Not only are the Powerful controlling and dictating the
Denials and Rejections of our quest for Freedom and Justice,
But are also adamantly opposed to Diversity, Unity, Inclusion and Equality.
Now is the Time.
This is our Moment,
For us, United, Organized, Energized and Mobilized,
To Confront and Defeat
Those who use their Power to Control and Dictate our Lives.
Let us remember the Biblical moment in the Bible wherein David stepped up and challenged the seemingly all powerful and invincible Philistine giant Goliath. There were those present who teased David and underestimated his courage and ability to defeat this giant that they all feared.
David was not a soldier.
He had no training in military weaponry.
He was not a boxer or wrestler.
He had neither a gun nor a sword.
He had only a sling and 5 stones.
Goliath had his armor and javelin.
As the battle of David and Goliath began,
David stepped up with Faith in the Power of God, and with a stone in his sling, he hurled it mightily to the center of Goliath’s head. Goliath fell to the ground, dead.
The Last Time I Cried
By Dr. Susan Lycett Davis
The last time I cried
It wasn’t this painful at all
The last time I cried
I sure wasn’t left folded in a ball!
But… Today I cried and it penetrated my soul
As the knee infiltrated the throat in the Fol’
… cause I mustered the courage to watch the tape
All sense of wonder and disbelief left me agape.
The thoughts that went through my head, where not Christian at all
So I feel for the masses who have no hope on which to fall.
Vengeance is mine says the Lord
But Father… I question real hard!
What about humanity, liberty and justice for all
Why are my black brothers taking he fall
People are people, good, bad or indifferent indeed
All genders, all colors, we are all from one ‘seed.’
Today I cried… no, I bawled for George Floyd,
And the ‘81 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police’, Lord!
For Trayvon, Ahmaud and others killed by racists beasts
For mother’s whose heart strings are torn in disbelief!
Black lives matter, All Lives matter
The pain is making me tatter.
Lord I know you are here… so hear my shout!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH… WE’RE ALL CRIED OUT!!
The last time I cried
It wasn’t this painful at all
I’m trusting you Lord to bring vengeance fi true
‘Cause Comeuppance is well overdue!
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