War-torn ghetto provinces housing distant cousins
Cannot assimilate under oppressive conditions
Not the least of which is a self-hatred
So lethal that it chokes the life
Out of itself combined
Amidst the revelry of bona-fide conquests
Self-inflicted daggers find their mark
Severing ourselves from life's blood
Relegating brothers and sisters to
The Thin Black Line
We do lines of demarcation
Put before us by none other
Than ourselves...
A troubled people making trouble
For no good reason other than trouble
Double trouble burst our bubble ~ time and time again
Darryl Abdu Omari
aka 1poetsought ~ copyright 2007
Cannot assimilate under oppressive conditions
Not the least of which is a self-hatred
So lethal that it chokes the life
Out of itself combined
Amidst the revelry of bona-fide conquests
Self-inflicted daggers find their mark
Severing ourselves from life's blood
Relegating brothers and sisters to
The Thin Black Line
We do lines of demarcation
Put before us by none other
Than ourselves...
A troubled people making trouble
For no good reason other than trouble
Double trouble burst our bubble ~ time and time again
Darryl Abdu Omari
aka 1poetsought ~ copyright 2007