When people become too afraid, <br />To express their own identities... <br />With a making it known who they are, <br />They welcome the ease to be offended. <br />And wish less of their own culture expressed. <br />For a fear not to upset, <br />The flow of progressive oppression... <br />In subliminal ways that degrades, <br />On a daily basis in subconscious betrayals... <br />As if to prove a commitment to uselessness. <br /> <br />And they are the ones who amuse and entertain, <br />Those who continue to suppress them... <br />By opposing those amongst themselves, <br />Who attempt to retain a respect for disciplne... <br />And a kept dignity maintained to uphold and address, <br />What their ancestors would regard... <br />As a representation of a collective and unified mess, <br />Their struggles were not meant to leave left... <br />In minds wanting more to impress, <br />With ignorance and foolishness to allow and permit. <br /> <br />'We need a leader.' <br /> <br />~A leader? <br />A leader to do what? ~ <br /> <br />'Show us who we are.' <br /> <br />~You need a mirror. <br />And a serious self evaluation. <br />Why for generations this has been avoided to dismiss, <br />IS 'your' problem.~ <br /> <br />'You can't talk to me like that.' <br /> <br />~And that's another problem you've got.~<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-commitment-to-uselessness/
