Political / Social Poems (810)

It’s not just the colour that I object
Though that in itself is bad enough
So different they look with dark skin
It’s dirty beasts they remind me of

I looked at him, I was perplexed
Was he being serious, on the level
Or was this some major hoax
I looked around for cameras

They come in our country, take our jobs
The government gives them everything
Cars they drive and houses they live in
So tell me, why do they get it so easy?

Easy, I thought, you must be joking
Arrive on these shores, left all behind
Their country full of death and violence
And you say they’re blessed with luck

Should send them back to where they belong
Or drop them from high flying plane
If that don’t work could always shoot them
Soon get the message, not welcome here

I slid aside to take a closer look
A monster is what I expected to see
But he looked normal like you and me
And that is what scared me the most

Life is like a long trip on a short road
There are so many thing to behold
Many drive straight
Many drive reckless
Many drive drunk
Each of us is unique
Each drives a different car
Each looks at life differently
Some look too long at the road in front of them
And forget to look up ahead at the obstacles in their way
So live as you should drive
Look out from yourself and don't live too close to yourself
Try not to examine the mistakes
Don't dwell on the past
Be a nonconformist
If your true self does not accept the values of the majority
Better to live your life the way you would like it
Than live your life to please the values of others

I'm that type of neighbor who likes to walk like an elephant
When I put my foot down it rattles all your china
I'm the type of neighbor who loves to sing in the shower
I especially like that song by Snap I Got the Power!
I'm the type of neighbor who falls asleep with tv on way too loud
I'm that type of neighbor who loves to hang out with a crowd
Cause I'm that type of neighbor
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Cause I'm that type of neighbor
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
I'm that type of neighbor that owns lots of cats
I never clean up after them and thats a fact
I'm the type of neighbor who has two brats
They never stop crying and making noise
I hope it doesn't hurt your feelings
Cause right now they're the ones running across your cealing
Cause I'm that type of neighbor
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Cause I'm that type of neighbor
Oh We Oh Oh Oh
I'm that type of neighbor who deals drugs to the kids
I'm that type of neighbor who stays up all night
My homies will cat call your girlfriend and give her a fright
I'm the type of neighbor who will never talk to you
Don't even try to say hello or try to hang out cause I hate you
Cause I'm that type of neighbor
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Cause I'm that type of neighbor
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Oh Wee Oh Oh Oh
Cause I'm that type of neighbor

Moonlight shone upon my path
a get away before me

silent doors closed behind
a grief hung upon thee

moonless nights
i sat amongst the reeds
tears of salt i tasted

no more unkindly love
to me it would be wasted

dripping gown a hidden frown
my run was neer at end

please let me just swallow
the touch of a voice

mellow

blanket sadness overcame
a wretched beast is I

anger filled my hearty soul
a smell of sea
spurned my cramped and broken body

daylight burst
from lids of lashes

tiny feet holding the weight
give me the power

clenching the future

wayward is the wind


My crown I leave

along with all the traps
no more

I ripped upon my straps

what is one free but to see
I must stand upon the land

let go

barefeet upon the sand

my wind my friend blew the careless fun
my rain I drink
the summer I basked
the autumn
I smelt the rotting of the new coming spring

To indulge in buds

and dance myself away

If you ever get close to a human
Prepare to be confused
If there is no man
Enchanting, no insanity
Peaceful, no war
Life, no greed
Human

this city has a spire in the middle,
the needle of irelands despair,
cost us money and lots of our riches,
this is our city so fair,
a government in ruling our ruination,
as the clock in the liffey stood still,
time it is running out,
a country so wild ,
yet so beautiful,
yet this is all we have got,
rocked by mass unemployment,
emegration heavy on everyones heart.
a government yes they destroyed us,
as they made us pay for what they ill got,
bailing out these so called scrouges,
fair is the state of our nation ,
poor in everyones heart,
this is the state of our nation.
rich and peasants miles apart,
gambling our childrens futures,
as job creation,
plays a nessary part,
now this is the state of our country,
ireland a nation in despair

I had a dream that one day
One Black African Male American
From the great state of Illinois
Crossroads of a nation
Bless by the perfect God of creation
Shall take the "Yes we can't"
Make it into "Yes we can, Yes we can"

I had a dream whispered by slaves
Path the trail now in their graves
That Barack Obama
A Chicago Senator
Shall become President, America it is now evident
Yes we can, Yes we can

There was a King
That took us to the mountain top
Now there is a King, who says "Yes we can" non-stop
Did you see the races, the faces
Serenading in joy
Victory for their boy from Illinois

I had a dream yes he can
Bring justice and equality
Yes he can to opportunity
Yes he can please the old
Yes his rhetoric is good as gold

He said there is no Liberal America
No conservative America
Just the United States of America
Yes he can, yes he can
Barack Obama believes in change

©Copyright November 2008 by Brian Pierre-Alexander
© All Rights Reserved

"Please Sir, Can you spare a dollar?
I've not eaten in a while.
The nights are cold, mid winter now
and shelter I have none."

[Why does he look at me like that? Does
he not understand how hard it is for
me to beg like this. There was a time
where I would never have needed to beg
like this. Can't he see this is tearing
me apart.]

"Yes Sir, work I've tried to find
but it is so very hard.
They find out no address have I,
get told to move right on."

[Why is it the first thing people say
is 'get a job'. If they had any idea
how long and hard I've been looking
they would be shocked. They have no
idea of the prejudices out there. If
you have no home or only list a
shelter they take one look and tell
you ever so politely 'you are not
what we are looking for.' ]

"No Sir, I have no family.
My wife died three years past,
took with her our only child.
Twas a driver who was drunk."

[ I had a family. A wife I loved
dearly and a beautiful son. A drunk
driver plowed into them at a
pedestrian crossing. Killed them
both and that damned lawyer of his
got him off. Not responsible for
his actions due to poor upbringing.
I admit I hit rock bottom and
tried to drink myself into oblivion.
Haven't drunk for more than a year
but once down they don't like to
make it easy to come back up. ]

"Bless you Sir, may the angels smile,
may your life be filled with joy.
There is enough here to eat for a week
and contented I will sleep tonight."

[ I can see by the look in your eyes
that you are wondering if you are
being conned. It does not matter why
you are being generous it just means
I live for another week and who knows
tomorrow might bring hope. ]

He was a football player
He was an actor
He used to run in commercials for Hertz
He drove a Bronco
He was followed by a lot of cop cars
He was on tv for about a year
He was found not guilty of two murder in 1995
I was on his side in 1995
This man is a victim of a corrupt judicial system
I was happy when he was found not guilty
I loved him in Naked Gun
I still do
Then he was trying to get back some stolen trophy
He got put in jail in 2008 for trying to take back his property
I have had that similar situation
Do I take the stolen stuff back or just leave it
I left it because they can always claim it was theirs
Even if you have 100% proof that it is yours
They can still lie and call you a theif
So I left it and prayed for them
Too bad OJ didn't do the same

Bury the blame in protocol,
Drown the shame in alcohol,
Bury the names you don't recall,
Drown the flames and bury us all.