The Voice Of Humanity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I J K A C L M N L O P A C P Q R S T U V A F J L W C D V X V Y Z A2 D B2 C C2 C D2 X B E2 F2 G D2 G2 H2 G2 V V I2 B A C G2 G C F A C L G J2 K2 L L2 M2 N2 O2 C

This is not a poemA
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nor a systematic arraignment of simileB
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neither a display of metaphoric beautyC
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this is the dark ode of a bleeding penD
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dripping of a nation woundedE
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manifestation of this drowning dark desireF
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I come not as a voice drunk in confidenceG
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but a hidden feint familiar voiceH
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I come bare raw as red Chunk of fleshI
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I carry the wounds of generation pastJ
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a memory inscribed on the tombsK
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of generations yet to comeA
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I come to you a dying weak voice of humanityC
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seeking a grasp of redemptionL
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as I erode in bitM
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In this dark age where I am stabbed a thousand time to deathN
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held by different chains of afflictionL
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strangling out of me everyday oiter of oneness loveO
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nationhood and human HoodP
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This is not a poemA
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this is a mask of anxietyC
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this is the fresh wounds of a bleeding motherhoodP
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who must lay beneath the groundQ
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the seed of her womb by her handsR
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Who her own cannot protectS
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a quivering of a weak heart consumedT
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Of a nation hinged on colorsU
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brutality and darknessV
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This is not a poemA
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this is adventure in futility to matterF
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as I cast my gaze to memories pastJ
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a lane of a dark skin melaninL
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with thick dark hair as spongeW
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who has not known beautyC
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because her skin clouds the eyes of menD
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so her heart has learnt only darknessV
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my friend there is no beauty inX
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darknessV
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The only path that seem right is whiteY
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so to matter I burnt in bit every pigmentZ
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of melanin until my skin shined white as snowA2
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like the sun it stood blinding the eyes of menD
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but yet again I felt the grip so hardB2
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of obscurityC
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a mockery to me for I never matteredC2
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then it stood bare to meC
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that being black was a condition of their heartD2
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not the matter of my skinX
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no matter how much I try I was still that black girlB
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there is no beauty in darkness my friendE2
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In this day of history I am but a master piece of striveF2
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no matter how broad my knowledge of scienceG
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Or how beautiful my performance of artD2
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there is no excellence in being blackG2
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no matter how high I climb I am pulled down by this forceH2
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and my only Identify was blackG2
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in black is my darknessV
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my friend there is no excellence in darknessV
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While you walk with your head so sighI2
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I bend so low not have a colition with the lawB
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don t quote me wrong this is not a poemA
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on racism but a display of a single storyC
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this is not a studio to paint white blackG2
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this is an epistle calling for a balanceG
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for the part of humanityC
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whose only cause is to matterF
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This is not a poemA
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this is a defeated voice of humanityC
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a cry in anguish for redemptionL
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this is a letter to that beautiful conscienceG
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that love is meant to be seen and feltJ2
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this is humanity calling us back to himselfK2
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like a prodigal father his sonL
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this is a reminder of our rootL2
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before we are black white woman youthM2
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we where first humansN2
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this is not my voice neither my wordsO2
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this is me lending my voice to humanityC

Faith Akatiki Joseph
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 07/31/2020

Poet's note: A Poem on Racism I presented Sometime back, it's an expression of the effect of racism and what racism feels like.




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