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Field of Fates

July 1, 2015
By kateeeee16 BRONZE, Santa Monica, California
kateeeee16 BRONZE, Santa Monica, California
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Favorite Quote:
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." -Harriet Beecher Stowe


The racism that stands today

stands beside the players who play the game,

beside the owner who owns the field

the field of fates that have been sealed.

 

Behind the glass are peering eyes

admiring their one true prize

the prize of power to control men,

men that have been robbed again.

 

There is freedom given to those who ask

but they have to earn it through a task, 

a task they chose but for a price

the price the owner feels is right.

 

But there is no pay in being harrassed

by those who know that nothing's passed

because racism is alive today

through those who think that it's okay.

 

There are those who entertain

and support the unchanged chains,

the chains that grew and grew so fast

between now and the constant past.

 

There's a field of fates that have been sealed,

by the owners that own the field

and the racism that stands strong today

stands beside the players that play the game.


The author's comments:

I wrote this poem about 6 months ago for my ex-boyfriend, because he needed inspiration for an English project about racism in sports.  I only told him the first three stanzas and then later finished the poem on my own because I felt strongly about the subject.  I hope that people in our society can soon identify the issues that racism has caused because justice is long overdue, not only in America, but around the world.


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susannj said...
on Jul. 13 2015 at 1:35 pm
Bravo! Great poem, especially "deep" thinking for a teen.