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WindWalker
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since 2001-10-12
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0 posted 2008-02-26 08:51 PM


Hey! People talk, people talk, yeah,
has the whole world gone insane?
My appearance into earth life
brought resentment,
and earned me much discrimination:
seems I've yet to touch the falling rain.

I've had my share of man’s abuse,
but never mind, I'm not accepting this:
that I'd be discriminated against
just because I appear to be different –
different than what?
Can they not see all I really want
is to be allowed my place?

Rage crashes through my mind,
its wind erodes the fabric of my soul,
yet while my entire being bleeds,
“I” – the silent “I” struggles endlessly
to bar hatred from the door.

Seems to me the search for equality
must be as ancient as the hills;
and seems to me it has never been found.
But do I give up on a technicality,
a mere statistical point?

No.

I do not believe the universe
came into being simply
to grind out statistics.

We can do better.
I can do better.

© Copyright 2008 Sharran WindWalker - All Rights Reserved
Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 posted 2008-02-26 09:01 PM


WindWalker,

This is very good.  We should all strive to do better.

Bobby

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
2 posted 2008-02-27 02:45 PM


I hope we start doing better pretty quick before we destroy each other.
                                    Ida

Artic Wind
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since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural
3 posted 2008-02-27 03:43 PM


Enjoyed your thoughts!

ARCTIC WIND

Indigo
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since 2001-05-17
Posts 602

4 posted 2008-02-27 03:59 PM


Windwalker-

We all strive for acknowledgment of the uniqueness of our soul.  It is our own self-knowledge though, that keeps the rage at bay and allows us to keep an open heart.  All we can do is try.

Indigo

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