Beyond Protest Poem by Barry Middleton

What I know of bigotry
deserves to be rebuffed.

We will repeat our history
until the fear is crushed.

But all I see is poetry
and all I hear is song.

Yet it is not my destiny
to simply go along.

Join me in a song of hope
and listen to the rhyme.

Help us find a way to cope.
We're running out of time.

We possess a simple choice,
but do we have the will,

with unity to end the hate
that urges us to kill?