1968, The Black Panther Party
1968, The Black Panther Party
A Corrupt Government, and the Future of Humanity
Sean Michael, February 2016
There is rage in the streets
Tangible as the blood that marks the pavement
There is a revolution at hand
Photo from viewpointmag.com
To be free or see the grave
Even children march the town
Young, proud, and brave
To be released from oppression
Police brutality and a government depraved
Men are captured and tried
Imprisoned and locked in a cage
Sentenced for no sin except to be black
Proud warriors wear shackles and chains
“Liberty!” is the cry in the streets
The march for change
Fight to topple this totalitarian pseudo-democracy
Corrupted and deranged
Come together now people
And witness the end of a dichotomy
For if they could bind and gag Bobby in the courtroom
Surely they c ould do it to you or me
Fight!
Not for black
Not for white
But for the future of humanity
Photo from studentsforlibrerty.com
Posted for dVerse Poets, Open Link Night #167, March 3, 2016
Mad Poet Enchained 
Very powerful Sean, I wish you all the best with your writing and life in general.
You write very well.
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Thank you very much. I hope you will continue to read more of my work.
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This is incredible…!
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Thank you.
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I love this line: “Fight to topple this totalitarian pseudo-democracy”
Great sound.
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I like that line too.
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I read this while watching the republican debate and somehow that meant something
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Some of these “politicians” are quite amusing (Donald Trump, for one.).
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I hear you!
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Nice to know.
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There is every reason to fight back.. I cannot really understand why so many are obsessed with pigmentation… Hope you are well.
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It’s only natural to gravitate toward your own culture, but prison is very segregated. After 8 years of practicing these laws of segregation it became natural. The PBS special on the Panthers moved me. From a white man’s point of view, I saw a government that was too powerful and oppressing a group of people.The government does not deserve this sort of power. Nobody does. I saw them using this power not only over Blacks, but also any people who spoke out against them. The Panthers and their supporters fought against oppression. Anyone can be oppressed by government and corruption. Power to the people–all people.
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This is every strong and could be an anthem for the struggle. It is our fight and I take it very personally!
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I take it personal too. The corruption that was happening could have been happening to anyone. As the leaders of the party said: “We don’t hate any race. We hate oppression.”
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Yes!
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Fight!
Not for black
Not for white
But for the future of humanity
We are definitely in the midst of a global upheaval.
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Yes, we are, and many people are confused and angry.
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“Proud warriors wear shackles and chains” That is brilliantly done Sean.
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Thank you.
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You write the anthem here. I am in Bermuda for two months and just read a short biography called “they called him Roose”…..a black Bermudian named Theodore Roosevelt at birth….took on his African name. He was a part of the panAfricanism movement……did so much…..and is so little known. Worked for the UN…..helped people in Africa, China….recognized the diaspora….
Powerful here. Am also reading in the November 2015 issue of the Smithsonian, Slavery’s Trail of Tears. Awareness……and somehow a language that recognizes……Your words are well taken here.
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Sounds like interesting reading. I hope you will read more of my poems.
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Sadly.. fear of different even rots with roots..
now sTilL iN a Declaration of Independence
calling TRUE American Natives
then.. Savage.. yes.. now sTill..
and waiting a hundred
years.. before they
are even
then legAlly
determined
to be human…
Clothes lie
from
head to
toe.. in culture’s
griP oF cLotting Free Blood..:)
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