Xenophobia Poem by Melvina Germain

Xenophobia

Rating: 5.0


Definition of Xenophobia: An extreme hatred of foreigners.


Xenophobia

Burn thy people
brothers weep and moan
act out and please thy throne.
Ruby flames, black blood spills
O wash down red tears abundantly
while old beasts at the helm are thrilled.
Black flesh body, unite with mother earth
weeping slaves, bend over in the deepest pain,
observing many children bleed the pungent rain.
Raging deathly fires burn bodies coloured black blue
Ridding rich earth of black men yes, who look like you
Ripping food from a sister and brother’s old family table
taking away the greatest possibility of life’s dignity.
Stripping a homeland from long beneath tired feet
living in huge boxes beside blood filled streets.
The world begins to scream in shock, you foster every slur
for the wrath of pain lacks in the reality of knowledge
O every last one of your enraged black people knows.
Black man, I beg you brother, think of what you do
before you kill another man who looks like you.
The foundation was well laid so very long ago
genocide soon to raise fury prosper and grow.
And the hand that tossed the first deadly stone
or the axe that sliced a brothers head in two,
groomed by the beast who graced the throne.
Dig deep through the crust of hidden knowledge
See black bodies lay beneath the weeping Boer Bean
Her arms stretched long and far to comfort your dying
Black blood warmed old roots as they cringe and scream.
Yes, Black flesh you’ve fallen prey to her royal sting
no one left behind to sing your horrifying song
No honour shall tribute your new memory
barbaric stench hangs a generation long.

Written by: Melvina Germain
Date: June 5/2015

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mj Lemon 07 October 2015

This is an amazing work....The beasts who grace thrones. I can't help but think there would be far less, perhaps no, xenophobia, if only there were no beasts and fewer thrones. An amazing work.

0 0 Reply
Kevin Patrick 05 June 2015

Powerful words evoking terrifying imagery of the barbaric acts committed against fellow humans. I can tell a lot of hard work went into writing this, it feels like every image was crafted and engineered from nightmares, its really haunting. Thank you for sharing.

0 0 Reply
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Melvina Germain

Melvina Germain

Sydney, Nova Scotia
Close
Error Success