I wish everyone on DU would just sit and watch this. Maybe then they'd start to get it.

and As an African American I have the scars to prove it

All those and more.

And there are those that would even burn down your Church. Your one refuge. The only reward being the knowledge that at least your suffering is closer to that of God.

There are those people. We must speak out against them. We must share our human kindness...

We are all equal in the eyes of God, I truly believe...

But this poetry is powerful. Thank you for the post.

Wow.

and so very heartbreaking that she had to write it....

Going to keep kicking this

I don't know how any one can ignore their pain. Thank you!