Sonnet Slam

To have humility is to think less Of ourselves ‘cause we are God’s creation Red, yellow, black, white, tell that to the press For the races received much damnation. Injustice is still there we need prayers ‘cause we must break the inequality And give love to those considered strayers Who want to feel amiability. The Freedom Riders endured their drives To prove we are a populace akin Longing for a single right that revives Us to a new safe world that should have been. MLK spoke, who will step up to speak For the rights of blacks to reach freedom’s peak