We must love our own

First

We must fight for our own

First

We must love and fight for the victims

Because they’re part of our teams

We simply cannot let them suffer

Anymore

We must respect their pride and candor

Evermore

Under the bridge where they seek sanity

Freedom, decency, hope and better opportunities

Over the dangerous waves where they seek liberty

Men, women and children face death and controversies

All God’s children merit living in peace

All God’s children are created equal

It is the same red blood seeking justice

We all have one body, one heart and one soul

We must stand for the rights of everybody

Regardless of the color that we all see

The Sea is tired of drowning so many

The sharks are sick of devouring so many

The bombs no longer want to kill so many

The bullets are tired of piercing so many

And the flowers no longer want to be part

Of so many funerals

And it’s shameful that so many heads have no heart

Oh! Brave soldiers and poor generals

We must not love our own

Last

We must not fight for our own

Last.

 

P.S. Peace and Love. Paix et Amour. Paz y Amor.

Copyright © February 2023, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.

Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.