Today I just look around And my human rights was taken Right from under me As people scramble for security Fearing a terrorism bred from injustice Not realizing what is been asked of them Will not solve the problem Only serve the interest of a few The war mongers and begrudgers   Today they fashion laws Trying hard to justify, the injustices Criminalizing the poor Those deemed different Filling my ear with rhetoric While murdering behind lies Robbing and pillaging at will Humanity paying the price With blood, carnage, sweat and tears   Today I wonder of the people Accepting and allowing this existence Forgetting the people’s strength in numbers The personal obligation to humanity Looking to false leaders for solutions As tyrants and murderous are put on pedestals Instituting policies of  oppression and injustice People scrambling for survival The double edged sword providing excuses So we can dehumanize As selfishness and hypocrisy comes to rule   Today I am at a lost This mis-education The convincing of the people That the strong should prey on the weak Having the poor fighting the poor To keep the poor oppressed People lost in Hollywood dreams A reality all about imagery Where truths follow Any number of scripts Eroding the foundations needed   Today I would like to know About my human rights About the worlds human rights Seeing how fears and cowardice Mis-edducation and inaction Have us accepting these excuses given For some to rob, pillage and kill at will To take away, to give away, my human rights Your human rights, the world’s human rights. Today I must say I cannot surrender my human rights.                                                                            [Home] [About] [Contact Us] [Poetry] [My Poetry] [Featured Poem] [User Poems] [Three Poems] [Events] [Guidelines] [Legal]