Friday, September 23, 2016

Perspective





Perspective
By Chuka McCoy


Hi there
It is nice to meet you
You don’t know me but I have heard a lot about you
The question I have for you is
Is it better?
Is it better for you to spend billions of dollars
On advertisements set to divide this world
This land and the people that live on it
Than to use it to better each of those things
To shine a light throughout the land
Bring peace and treat people
Like people
Well you might say
It’s not my job to do that
I understand but we all do our part
To help people in our own way
The fact is it would be cheaper for you
To increase minimum wage throughout the land
Than to bend people into your way of thinking
You will still be rich
But you would be twice as rich
And your soul will shine from it
We know that you have the basketball
But there are plenty of people on the court
Ready to play
And competition is always a good thing
So is sportsmanship   

An Open Discussion






An Open Discussion

We are people who care
Who feel and can touch others' souls
 We are love
That is a representative of God's love through us
 It reaches from our core to others
 Do not let the injustices
Stop us for connecting
 Growing with
And loving each other
 That will bring a revolutionary change
This world won't believe

From the book The Hero in Us All by Chuka McCoy, which is available on Amazon.com. 

Pointing At Us




Pointing At Us
By Chuka McCoy

This hot air balloon
Shaped like a gun
Is about to blow up your spot
Because you see
The symbol we see
In front of your store
Holds us hostage
Normalizes how much
All around abuse it brings
Your store brings it out to
Attract attention and business
But this neighborhood
This world
Doesn’t need that pain
That anxiety
That reminder
Pointing at them everyday
Pop that balloon
Blow up some hope
Respect
Love
And put that on display