Why Protesting Matters

A few people I have talked to recently have said that they don’t see any point in protesting or that protesting isn’t actually doing anything. However there a quite a few good reasons to protest and lots of examples where protesting has helped elicit change. Reasons to protest; 1. It brings more attention to a …

Protest

Pattern What difference Does one voice make? And what difference Does a sign make? What difference Does any form of civil disobedience make? Make it heard. Make it known. Push it in their faces So they cannot ignore it. The shouts, The signs The stomping Of so many feet. One monstrous organism Demanding change. History …

A Condition Of Apathy

Don’t look at that which disturbs you. Don’t think about that which bothers you. Don’t question why things are. Don’t consider alternatives for those who will do it for you. Don’t try to change things. You are too small to understand. Know your place. Standing, poised, Banana peel in hand. Compost? Be green? A moment …

Unity

To save the earth First we must work together. To work together We must first stop fighting. We fight each other In line for the next deal, For rights not given or taken away, Over who should stand up And take responsibility. Outraged At lines too long, At the struggle Over disease, Famine, War, Those …

The Second Sister

Center The First Sister; “How can you say it is not a dictatorship? Once freedom of speech is gone You can no longer call it a democracy.” The Second Sister; “People should just deal with it And do the best they can. They are making too much of a big deal of it, Like the …