Civil wars instigated by
National and international
Forces of exploitation
In other far nations
Those of a Darker Hue
Where is the daily coverage imbued
On network television nightly news?
Violent enemies empowered by subjugation
Women and children fall prey
To domination and desecration
Living in the shadows of limited outrage
Who decries their devastation?
Genocide
Femicide
Infanticide
Homicide
Trauma is not an Olympic game
Nations, for generations
Have suffered brutality untamed
But when we protest war, do we call out their names?
Is the global response the same?
Do we divest? Do we boycott? Do we march?
With Palestine
Is Haiti, Rwanda, Congo, Liberia, Sudan
Let their conflicts be heard
From the screams of distant lands
And let their pain, too, be felt
There is no rank
When the hand of terror
Has been dealt