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The Juneteenth Sonnet
Once upon a time but not long ago,
They brought us to America in chains.
Thinking of themselves as superior race,
White barbarians kept us as slaves.
But the sapling of humanity found a way,
To break those chains causing ascension.
Whites and blacks all stood up together,
And lighted the torch of emancipation.
Juneteenth is now declared holiday,
Yet to some it feels like a critical dishonor.
The human race comes from a black mother,
Yet they treat people of color as inferior.
The America handed to us is far from civilized.
But together we'll make our home humanized.
They brought us to America in chains.
Thinking of themselves as superior race,
White barbarians kept us as slaves.
But the sapling of humanity found a way,
To break those chains causing ascension.
Whites and blacks all stood up together,
And lighted the torch of emancipation.
Juneteenth is now declared holiday,
Yet to some it feels like a critical dishonor.
The human race comes from a black mother,
Yet they treat people of color as inferior.
The America handed to us is far from civilized.
But together we'll make our home humanized.
Black is Brave, Woman is Wonder – Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army
No one else anywhere will have to suffer, it ends with us – the prejudice, the bigotry, the stupidity, the superstition, the fanaticism, all masquerading as sanity – it ends with us.
Black is brave,
Woman is wonder,
Muslim is magnetic,
Asian is thunder.
Prejudice is plunder,
Biases are blunder.
Hate wreaks havoc,
when hearts are asunder.
Black is brave,
Woman is wonder,
Muslim is magnetic,
Asian is thunder.
Prejudice is plunder,
Biases are blunder.
Hate wreaks havoc,
when hearts are asunder.
