The Coward
Born as a small town boy
Saw you on the farm
As my only toy
Between us no qualm
Your mom doing domestic
Your father cultivating corn fields
Nobody pessimistic
As every day brought its own yields
No complications
All round respect and love, utter innocence
Not understanding the coming vilifications
Dished out with absolute diligence
Schooling appear
I search for your face
Sorry - not allowed near
As apparently there is an issue about race
was I asleep during years of bliss?
Not to notice any distinction applied
Oh where did I go amiss?
Oblivious how they lied
Division cuts like a knife through butter
Fuelled by political mutter
Delusions of grandeur
Would set to appear
Signs indicate, instructed
Rules applied by minority
In a system defuncted
Not elected by majority
Consciousness generated
Rather keep to denying
A nation segregated
To show no remorse or crying
I squirm
If you are harmed
Belittled to be lower than a worm
My soul could not be calmed
Yet I chose to ignore
Scarred for life
Time has arrived to implore
Forgiveness for all the strife
I proclaim the LORD my keep
Fellow human being abused
I stay meek
And utterly bemused
I abstain
To write my name on the wall of valor
Speaking against all prejudicial pain
For I am the Coward
