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To Build The World Anew

June 20, 2023
By aoywech BRONZE, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
aoywech BRONZE, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
I am always looking to better myself; I demand nothing less from our society.


To build the world anew

 exceeding the heights of ambition

soaring where the wings of freedom never flew. 


We hold these truths to be self evident

that all men are created equal, 

but how is equality defined when it comes down to you and I?

white and black, rich and poor, the king and the moor.


 To build the world anew 

recovering the clipped wings of equality and justice, 

gazing upon the skies where freedom never flew. 


Justice is blind to all but color

this civil enshrinement that places one versus another. 

One nation under god

 a so-called unfinished symphony

 but when will we realize that we have been playing in the wrong key?


The author's comments:

The inspiration for this poem was the book To Begin The World Anew by Bernard Bailyn, which reveres our founding fathers based on what they have done for our country. This poem is an open criticism of our American justice system and the ways in which it continues failed non-white Americans.


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