Unknowingly, unwontedly, I stumbled upon a mighty foe
A bastard child of sheer ignorance and hatred, ye know
A monster that ruthlessly tears the frail fabric of the society
Fed lovingly by the mainstream media, prejudices & false notoriety
An ideology lovingly propagated by popular culture of some
A chameleon that deceptively changes colors to BeComE
A deceptive snake writing within naïve hearts and minds
A deceptive snake writhing within naïve hearts and minds
They boast that they are magically superior somehow
Race, culture, ethnicity, technology & wealth, oh wow!
Their list of useless reasons just continues & is expanded upon
Implicitly & explicitly in attitude, lingo, education and tone
A social construct it is, falsely believed to be a scientific one
A construct that brutally silences the meek and weak, my hun
Encouraging the feeble-minded to hostility and “sleep”
A different sort of a psychopath that regularly brutalizes the weak
You foolish Racist! Remember the “Roots”
“Roots” of the past, tomorrow and of forever
“Roots” that intertwine like those of the tree
Holding strongly to give life and strength, to the “free”
Oh, why your inner disease infects the “Roots” of the trees?
Leading to unwanted infection and decay, of their a.b.c.s
And eventually, among us, a noiseless sound EchOS
As the tree falls to the ground—a silent pathos
A blackened heart
A broken heart
Some blackened hearts
Some broken hearts
Countless blackened hearts
Countless broken hearts
Now, oh racist, do you see?
Do you see, or are you still blind?
Ridicules so casually thrown at a person by a person
“Why are you living here? Go back to your country, you bison”
Ridicules sung in foreign languages by old ladies on the sidewalks
Harassments so casually tolerated by the “colored”; thoughts that stalk
Legal decisions carefully & pointlessly drafted on termination papers
“Unfortunately, the contract has ended because of such and such”
Huh! Decisions are Silent Derisions
Racial profiling and media propaganda eventually turns into
A war machine maniacally designed for genocide, just to subdue
“Social coloniasm” gradually colonizes the “Others”
As the “dominant ones” foolishly marginalize their own brothers
Creating societal power differences within this so-called “democracy”
Creating socioeconomic disparities, disabling “minorities”, such hypocrisy
Senselessly creating “poverty” despite beautifully rich “diversity”
Marginalizing “Others” to the extent of retardation, oh a perversity
The “perpetrators” have no skin, they have no skin
The “perpetrators” have no skin, they have no skin
“They” took my voice, so I spoke with pen, paper and ink
“They” took my voice, so I spoke with pen, paper and ink
Racism
As Wanda says: “I find it in my mouth
When I speak of other things”
Author:Arzoo Zaheer
