Blind | Tempest Brew
Empty
eyes do not
see
what the heart
knows
goes on
below skin
hair
even identity.
diversity poems
Diversity | Cattail Jester
Shame when diversity
Only comes when pushed
And then only
A bare surface scratched
A superficial compliance.
A Letter to the Racist | Joseph C. Ogbonna
I love only my kind.
But a world of just
your kind would to
monotony consign you.
I celebrate just my kind.
But a world that celebrates
only you, would to the utter
depths of boredom relegate you.
I prefer just my kind.
But the preference of your kind
would your curiosity wear out.
I only recognize my world.
But a world of only you
can never its horizon broaden.
I only relish my own race.
But a world devoid of
other races would be the
most uninteresting.
My race must the entire earth occupy.
But without the ‘inferior’ races,
how could you ‘superiority’ claim?
I have a lebensraum for my
race to occupy.
A lebensraum for only you
would geography obliterate.
So let your world be yours,
and let mine be mine.
Your culture and language you
may retain, whilst mine I also
retain,
as we both our diversity
celebrate.
Because diversity is nothing
more than the spice of life.
Lows | JD DeHart
Don’t be brought low,
rise. Remember you have
purpose. Your voice
is one of billions but it’s
still a voice that matters.
Don’t let anyone tell you
that your place in life
brings you low. That your
skin or culture brings
you low. Tell them your
story – proudly.
Existence precedes recognition.
A diamond still lives
in the earth even if no one
knows to dig it out.
Be the diamond you are,
sharp or loving edges,
glistening or rough.
Leanings | JD DeHart
I do not mind the leanings
of others, so long as they
are considered
A hypothetical person is welcome
to their political opinions, so long
as they have taken care
to remove vestiges of racism
Socialism is a topic I can discuss,
pros and cons, so long as it is not
simply a springboard for complaint
Voting is a right that should be
protected, so often left by the wayside,
but criticism is a practiced art.
More at http://jddehartpoetry.blogspot.com/.
Castaways | Roger Still
If my face were different
would I be discarded,
If my language sounded
strange, would you put
a fence around me?
If my eyes shine differently
or my culture sounds
diverse, embrace me.
We will learn from
each other.
Prisoner | Edgar Law
We are made chains
By our lack of wisdom
Held back
By the visions false
We believe
Tricked into hating
By propaganda
Thinking the evils
Of this world come from
Differences
Our diversities are our
One rope of strength
Bound together
Knit as one.