Oh ye who believe remember the struggle of those before us, do you remember? The bloodshed ,the heartache, those that sacrificed everything to light the darkness,
Do you remember, fathers that bravely left their places of abode so that their little ones could witness a brighter tomorrow.
O don’t tell me you do not know of the women that conquered all when the odds were stacked against them.
The brave young scholars that emerged victors in a war they were never predicted to win.
Those that gave up everything even when knowing it may be the last time.
O remember those that let their hearts soar and triumphed against evil.
Them that risked it all for the greater good, their only motto"BY ANY MEANS NECESARY".
Do you recall those that pledged to you a better tomorrow and then delivered it!
They said to you, "you are one so stand firm for when you are divided you will fall"
The explorers, great thinkers, inventors, freedom fighters, the painter, the engineer all of whom made a covenant to push the letter until their last breath.
AND YET
We stand and watch all of it come apart.
We no longer have claim to any pride for we no longer give oppression our hate.
O ye in Guantanamo, how we have let you down.
O ye in Palestine ,Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq we have let you down.
O ye that have taken the wrath alone in genocide, famine, wars planned by those that have thwarted the Almighty and many other Acts of violence, oppression, abuse, slavery O HOW WE HAVE LET YOU DOWN!
How long will we cower before napalm bombs and missiles.
For no matter how long you continue to sleep on that big bed. Will the picture of the one tortured leave your sight?
Tell me why we let down the father that cried when bullets were hurled at his entire family as he stood helpless. Just because they could.
Tell me why we continue to walk past that child that cries O so heartbreakingly.
I will tell you why! Humanity has reached a point where we have become numb. It’s true what they say, “you continue to give someone so much without getting anything in return that they become selfish".
All our lives we have had others put everything on the line for us, technology, freedom, democracy. Blood shed after blood shed they gave, gave, gave and we took, took, took.
O ye wake up! Remember what they say, "change begins with you "To you i ask one final question...WILL THEE NOT JOIN THE CARAVAN AND BUS?
Will you not protect that which was entrusted to YOU?
Do you remember, fathers that bravely left their places of abode so that their little ones could witness a brighter tomorrow.
O don’t tell me you do not know of the women that conquered all when the odds were stacked against them.
The brave young scholars that emerged victors in a war they were never predicted to win.
Those that gave up everything even when knowing it may be the last time.
O remember those that let their hearts soar and triumphed against evil.
Them that risked it all for the greater good, their only motto"BY ANY MEANS NECESARY".
Do you recall those that pledged to you a better tomorrow and then delivered it!
They said to you, "you are one so stand firm for when you are divided you will fall"
The explorers, great thinkers, inventors, freedom fighters, the painter, the engineer all of whom made a covenant to push the letter until their last breath.
AND YET
We stand and watch all of it come apart.
We no longer have claim to any pride for we no longer give oppression our hate.
O ye in Guantanamo, how we have let you down.
O ye in Palestine ,Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq we have let you down.
O ye that have taken the wrath alone in genocide, famine, wars planned by those that have thwarted the Almighty and many other Acts of violence, oppression, abuse, slavery O HOW WE HAVE LET YOU DOWN!
How long will we cower before napalm bombs and missiles.
For no matter how long you continue to sleep on that big bed. Will the picture of the one tortured leave your sight?
Tell me why we let down the father that cried when bullets were hurled at his entire family as he stood helpless. Just because they could.
Tell me why we continue to walk past that child that cries O so heartbreakingly.
I will tell you why! Humanity has reached a point where we have become numb. It’s true what they say, “you continue to give someone so much without getting anything in return that they become selfish".
All our lives we have had others put everything on the line for us, technology, freedom, democracy. Blood shed after blood shed they gave, gave, gave and we took, took, took.
O ye wake up! Remember what they say, "change begins with you "To you i ask one final question...WILL THEE NOT JOIN THE CARAVAN AND BUS?
Will you not protect that which was entrusted to YOU?
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