Anger, Hatred, And Violence Poem by Wilfred Mellers

Anger, Hatred, Violence
Written by Wilfred Mellers

Castaway on foreign shores, we struggle to find solutions.
The golden child, often blamed, chastises us for our troubles.
What did we do so wrong to make you so upset?
What did we do so wrong that you cannot seem to forget?

Anger, hatred, violence.
You'll go down in silence.
Try as hard as you can,
But you cannot win.
Analyze, criticize, and compromise.
That's where you'll find yourself trapped.
Bound, changed, and shackled,
This is how we are living.

Victimized by brutality amidst the rise of your society,
Bound, changed, and captive.
This is what you call humanity.
Some may rise, and some may fall.
What's the sense of it all?
As we creep closer, we are the downtrodden ones.
Answer to his call.

Standing alone in a crowd,
To be heard, I have to shout.
Victimized by the system,
There seems to be no way out.
Sacrifice your self-respect, and you'll have no life at all.
"Mankind, you'll never know yourself until your back is against the wall, "
as Marcus Garvey said.