Shame on you, Amerika!

your unacknowledged history

your slavery, brutality

legitimized violence, overt and covert.

Familicide, genocide

exploitation, deprivation

excesses of greed and power needs.

I.

I am no longer alone.

Resolve. Not to run on hatred, but love,

love for the sake of the people I love.

Live.

The presence of human life

the miracle of survival

amidst concrete playgrounds

skeletons of welfare and drugs

mutilated products of racism

people who experience ignorance, deprivation and horror

on a daily basis.