Homework...

For my Sociology class I had to write a poem about racial discrimination. I rarely write poems and I hate writing them too. I just don't have the touch for them, I guess. So I'll post it here to see what y'all think about it. Comments and criticism is appreciated.

We Fight

Born to a land where freedom dwells

In white shackles our lives are bound

They talk of equality and claim clear sight

Yet no man can cage what is freedom’s right

We hear empty curses and hollow lies

And bear ghostly grins with our chins held high

For much we suffered through crimson gashes

To keep the promise that relives in ashes

The words have been spoken

To those who can hear

To those who choose to live above fear

Cut the Line! For none are wiser

Of color and nation, we’ll stand much higher

Yet there they remain

Indifferent and unaware

In their blissful wonderland of fake pretend

We will show them our scars and heed them warning

In the Crisis we cry for our soul’s yearning.

Author's Note: 

         "Cut the line!" was a famous phrase said by W.E.B. DuBois when he was speaking of the "line" dividing white and black population in America.

         "Crisis" was the journal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1910.