thanks to my dad i grew up with a lens on society's ills
knew in my bones competition a lie—
competition didn’t improve the human race
competition blessed the way for the few to trample on most
now we’re here—
the only race the human race
the race to be fastest biggest best richest most powerful
ends—
all our frantics fly in our face
what to do?
get down on my knees
on mother earth i’ve trampled too
down on my knees
i white i black i brown i red i café au lait i yellow i beige ALL
green behind the ears
this earth experiment in a universe so vast
i’ll never know
or corner
has cornered me
lashed concentrated tried hanged
excoriated
to the core
down to the core
of me of us
the we of us
the our of us
this our hour to say NO
to hate
to murder
to theft
to lies
to usurped power
i refuse
an artificially created economic political social & cultural system
shape our lives
on my knees i apologise ask forgiveness
teach me how to right the wrongs fill my heart with love give back to those who’ve been taken from
ingredrose saturday june 6 2020