KarMel
Scholarship 2008
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Poem “No
Obligation to Discrimination” By Stacey Barnett |
Desciption of Submission: “A poem that argues
for equality” - Stacey
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Whether we're locked in,
shut out Or somewhere...In between It's hard to find a place Where we can just be free It's like a living machine That never grows or sleeps It's there and it's still
haunting He, she and me Dresses made of barbed
wire A pair of pants is a fence Our birth right is prison And the sentence just
doesn't make sense I'm not a dyke, I'm not a
fag, I'm not confused, I'm just like you! I've got a heart that
likes to beat And what it tells me, I do The majority rules
politics, But politics aren't life! We've got not obligation To your
"normal," common life And we've the right To be a person of our own I'm not alone 'cause we're an army But our only goal Is just to love and fight
your hold Your "wrong" is
an opinion And your "right"
is not a fact If justice was the blind
one, Then you would quit your
tired act 'cause she can't see us
holding hands, The polish on all nails or
two pairs of pants All she hears is a caring
voice say: "I'm a human being in
love." And all we fear is that
the day When you see the truth
will never come |