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The Echo that Never Fades Away

I know what you are trying to say  
But I hear the echo that never ends  
What you seek is pure equality  
But the monster inside thrives on the sin within pride  
Waging war with fire burns the world entire  
Fight fire with water to douse the flame  
Burning down your white house on the hill
Baptize the beast to drown it's burden away  
You must see pride in all it's forms to break free of it's embrace  
For even tiny seeds grow into forests filled with mighty trees  
So too it's true of pride we plant and nurture deep inside  
With fangs that bite into the heart and suck it hard and dry  
Murder the word that tortures our memories of bigger trees  
Where a hanging was a lynching and a black life a disease  
Yet bigotry knows no boundaries of skin or religion  
It doesn't care so much about what you are  
But it sure as shit will hate you for anything you ain't  
So if you ain't like us, hate will string you up unless you kill it first  
You must learn to let it go because it'll never let go of you  
It will build you up and stroke your ego, filling your hardened head  
Never letting you in on the secret that your soul's already dead
Written by Poetryman
Published | Edited 16th Dec 2016
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