Empathy



The Blackman in America of the one that was sold
The firstborn killed because of a fearful fold
The bottom-rail, the n*gger, the less than gold
The human being victimized, their story untold
The his-tory, changing the shapes that mold
The death from truth the descendant’s withhold
The emptiness of the body from head to toe
The Indian, Palestinian, Syrian and all those
The victims of a world and its careless soul
The insanity of your wanting the others role
The signs that lead to the one and only road
The violence, sex, drugs, to all they promote
The acceptance in you because you uphold
The media propagating lies in order to control
The ignorant believing it and really don’t know
The price to pay on judgement day, is like, whoa
The Truth is in the Art, the two-faced, twofold
The Hebrew slave in Egypt of the days of old
The Secrets “Oh Say Can You See!?” Behold
The Jena Six, Black Wall Street, Rosewood
Willie Lynch…
Empathy, noooooooo.

About this poem

Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other being’s frame of reference, i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another’s position. “You can never understand the anger without understanding the pain.“ “How can you understand what happened, or what’s happening? if you don’t know what happened, or what’s happening?

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Submitted by TheArkProject on July 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 957
Words 170
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Raheem Muhammad

 · 1964 · Alabama

Active Revolutionist from Chicago, by way of New Jersey, Atlanta, Birmingham, and now NOLA; dedicating his life to establish a truly independent economic system for the poor and oppressed peoples of America first. Fighting for those faces you see and don't see on the websites: THE ARK PROJECT LLC THE BEEP INC. BEEP BLACK WALL STREET BOOKS I'm Muslim, I'm Black and I'm American so I guess I have three strikes against me LOL. I'm here reaching out to those concerned about the great divides that no-one wants to address and I'm here to address them head-on (Social Injustice, Islamophobia, Systematic Oppression, etc...). I am the author of this book: "Oh, Say Can You See!?" (Secrets) & Truth Is In The Art which shows how passionate I am about what was done and what continues to be done and ignored. Poetry is as a result of my life experiences as well as my opinions. They are my studies of the scriptures while paralleling them with history along with the present day's crimes against humanity, by those that claim to govern us. Keep in mind that my love for this country is beyond measure and incomparable. However, there are principles that a person ascertains to and therefore must stand upon. more…

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