Lyrics:
Now that it’s over
Lying silent side by side
Strangers on fire
We lit up, made love all night
Tell me your name
Tell … Read more
SCOTUS 06.26.15
I bowed and walked in
as magistrates
deliberated
I asked
are you left
or right?
a voice replied
neither
just trying to set it right… Read more
Ms. Rosa Parks
… Read moreI wear a scarf and join you
my beard no distraction
as you claim your right
and I by your sideyou, the voice of
I had a dream…
… Read moreI had a dream…
Dr. King
on a journey
from Israel to Iran
and beyondshining light
of love, compassion and acceptance
of humanity, humility,
Belligerent smoke
… Read moreswift whip of hand
smack on peach cheek
no tear, just torn veinsevery night, clockwork
his right, a man
woman, object, subduednot Sahara
Black, diluted
… Read moregray, is not gray
it’s black, diluted
it’s race, uprooted
voices, mutedgray, is not gray
it’s white, tarnished
respect, torn
stories, burntblack, is
Tar and feathers
… Read moreburied me in tar
ridiculed me with feathers
my heart in love, survivedLiberté, Égalité, Fraternité
–shawnzahedi.com
Don’t need bacon, just my Joe
… Read morekeep the salad
keep the dough
don’t need bacon
just my Joerip off pretense
burn the lies
serve me virgin
truth on icedress
Is Cameroon cause célèbre?
… Read moreis Cameroon cause célèbre
of continent
obstinate, indifferent
killing voices
colored different?when the hunted
hunts
merciless
howl of hunter
haunts me less
–shawnzahedi.com
Children of pilgrims
… Read morechildren of pilgrims
persecuted for
their ‘colored’ faiths and devotionsshan’t, nay, won’t
persecute
pilgrims for
their ‘colored’ races and passions
–shawnzahedi.com
