Comments from a point of view never asked for. This is in the form of spoken word. |
A point of view that I have yet to hear and thought I would give mine. It is not my trade, spoken word and the like, but everyone deserves a voice and a chance to respond. Remember this is spoken word, read it aloud and with some conviction. :) I've seen the other side of this argument with trembling hands I've stepped on foreign lands breathed in foreign sands as my lungs along with my soul longed to crumble from this oppressive heat I've seen the other side of this argument I've rolled by with my American arrogance my blood thirsty ways as I caught the sparkle of a tear in a little girl's eye as she waved and said thank you in a language I did not understand but I understood. I've seen the other side of this argument I've come home with our vital soil clutched in my hand wounded with no holes in me with no scars that you could see inflicted by a hypocritical voice that says I support you I just don't support what you do I've seen the other side of this argument I've watched attentively as a man in a senate seat with silver words and rolling diction dictates to you from CNN Nodding your agreeance safely from your couch all the while passing judgement on me lacking the courage to ask what I believe I've seen the other side of this argument I believe in a world full of pacifists but I believe that dream can not be achieved in a world where tyranny and oppression breath I know you would not send your child thousands of miles over a vast sea to die for some people who do not look like you or live near you I know you would not die for thier rights as people but I would I gladly take this violence into my hands so that you do not have too So that one day all the people of the world can look down upon me with a tinge of disgust and not just you. I've seen the other side of this argument And so I can't because of time and distance and that I am white call this a form of slavery Where the will of the many live and die by the whim of a few Still I do my part to fight the sins of my ancestors to show my difference from my father my fathers father my fathers fathers father Is that not what all great men of this country did from running railroads to fighting wars somethings in this life are worth the blood that they cost I've seen the other side of this argument And I just thought you might understand |