Ethnic Sigh Poem by TSOHGEHT SHEEHY

I never liked the phrase,
' Like Day and Night'
Because generally it's referencing,
light in some angelic way,
and night as if it's some corrupt plight.

Why is night portrayed as evil?
Because it's another method
of instilling racism.
On every spectrum of the wheel.
Understand!
With every comparison we make.
Our minds only continue
to find excuses for holding on to the hate.
We're all guilty!
There is no excuse for our
stereotypical behaviors.

Please understand! !
Our racism stems from hatred bestowed upon me
(an ethnic minority.)
Without provocation or
wrong doing;
(but mostly upon my ancestor.)
So it's our responsibility
to carry on that history; their legacy's.
Pardon me if instinctively
I choose not to sit back complacently.
Like they hoped I'd be,
and settle for this hypocrisy.
The all out effort
to keep ethnic people
In a state of illiteracy and poverty.

Not to be confused!
With liquor stores on every corner
and drugs dumped into our communities.
This debauchery! !
Can no longer be used to excuse!
The tolerating
of ran down neighborhoods
and bad schools.
(A consolidated list I jest!)
It seems like even those
that overcome the struggle.
Turn a blind eye, once their
on the other side.

Their onslaught will remain never ending.
The struggle will always be ours.
So more of us need to bare
this responsibility.
We've always had warriors
on the front lines.
It's time for the followers and supporters
to step into the light.
These words are enough
to show and expose.
That despite their efforts.
There are brilliant minds
in our ghettos.