Anger, Hatred, And Violence Poem by Wilfred Mellers

Anger, Hatred, Violence
Written by Wilfred Mellers

Castaway on foreign shores and we know not how to solve them
Chastised the golden child the so-called source of your problems
What did we do so wrong to make you so upset
What did we do so wrong that you cannot seem to forget

Anger, hatred, violence
You'll go down in silence
Try and try as hard as you can
But you cannot win
Analyze, criticize and compromised
Is what you'll find yourself in
Bound changed and shackled
This is how we're living

Victimized by brutality at the rise of your society
Bound changed, and captive
This is what you call humanity
Some may rise and some may fall
What's the sense of it all
Closer we creep we downtrodden ones
We answer to his call

Standing alone in a crowd
To be heard I have to shout
Victimized by the system
There's just no way out
Sacrifice your self-respect and you'll have no life at all
Mankind you'll never know yourself till your back is against the wall
"Marcus Garvey said"