Alone Poem by Eric Cockrell

Alone

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it is embarrassing to me
to be a citizen of this country,
or any country, where
acts of prejudice and
racial hatred are still committed
on a regular basis...

where people can run for office,
and win, backed by the dollars
of prejudice....

where minorities, children,
and women are treated
with disrespect....

where the elite 10% are filthy rich,
and are not taxed! ...
while many of us go without food,
housing, or medical care...

where our children are shipped
off to fight money wars,
or left to die in our prisons....

where crooked businessmen
are more respected than teachers,
nurses, farmers, and carpenters....

where the morality of those
that lead is the pursuit of the dollar,
and freedom is an illusion....

where human dignity has been traded
and sold on the slave blocks of capitalism....

am i alone?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Smoky Hoss 09 September 2011

You most certainly are NOT alone, I could not agree more, the only problem is: our voice is so small, and stifled by so called big people, that few hear the words of truth. Thanks for writing it, some will listen because of your words. Excellent poem.

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Patti Masterman 08 September 2011

Somehow I can't shake the feeling that our bit of intellectual superiority over other animals fails us in the end, if we can't even open-heartedly take care of our own.

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