What if I am a Jew? <br />Would you still care to love me? <br />Can I still be your friend? <br /> <br />What if I belong to <br />The people who are lonely, <br />Those who have nothing, <br /> <br />Would you want to meet me? <br />Will you remember my name? <br /> <br />Maybe you're reading this <br />Just because you want to know <br />Whether I will speak of <br /> <br />The common prejudice, <br />Usual lines in a show, <br />Or the voice of my soul. <br /> <br />But I would tell my truth <br />Rather than instant, dying fame. <br /> <br />There is a plague caused by <br />The corporate greed of men, <br />From both the rich and poor. <br /> <br />For I see tyranny; <br />It happens again and again <br />Whichever the class be, <br /> <br />They have part in the blame. <br />Tell me, who is in between? <br /> <br />For my eyes see children <br />Coming from different lands <br />They all have hopes and dreams <br /> <br />And I hear them crying <br />As they try to raise their hands <br />Hoping that we could see. <br /> <br />Go, take a closer look <br />Maybe you'll know what I mean. <br /> <br />Are their cries too loud that <br />You have to cover your ears? <br />Oh no, please open them. <br /> <br />For they tell of their world <br />Despite the youth of their years. <br />And the hour they are heard, <br /> <br />The hour that we help them, <br />Is the day virtue has won. <br /> <br />So stop the wars and fights, <br />Those unnecessary crimes! <br />Take off the prejudice <br /> <br />And be liberated <br />To the truth here in our times: <br />That there can still be peace <br /> <br />If we just realize <br />There will be if we are one. <br /> <br />http: //www.poemhunter.com/obed-dela-cruz/ <br />http: //poetfreak.com/poet/PrinceObedDeLaCruz296 <br />http: //obed-dela-cruz.blogspot.com/ <br />http: //princeobed.multiply.com/ <br /> <br />Copyright © 2012 by Prince Obed de la Cruz <br /> <br />(July 25,2012; Marikina City) <br /> <br />(This poem is written by PRINCE OBED de la CRUZ. To use it in a proper manner, please email him at princeobed_dc@yahoo.com with the subject 'PERMISSION TO USE')<br /><br />Obed dela Cruz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-if-i-am-a-jew/
