Poetry: I can Never

 I Can Never

                                                     

i can never see myself as a low,

suppressed by capitalism and power

power that fell into the hands of greed

how sad

my lips are stitched with threads of fear

my ears are deaf to the cries of my rights

and my eyes are blind to the lump of hard earned wage

that you took under that table

just so i can to education within reach 

i can never

allow my sons and daughters

walk on these path of injustice 

we've ignorantly left behind

merely 

of these God gifted pigments on my skin

oh foolish men

your stomach goes hungry without food

the same way mine does

you yearn for air to keep you alive

the same way i do 

and your heart beats 

to the rhythm of life

the same way mine does

so then tell me

how am i different 

i can never

i am tired of these tears

and painful loss to propriety

that i don't deserve

are we not made in the same image 

likeness of Him

my dear favoured friend  

I can never

By Jessica John Posko