New Poem-It's Time

 

It's Time by Chuka McCoy 

It's time

To change our tune

To not go through the same song and dance

That we have been through for DECADES now

The ability to limit the amount of people that

Should NOT have guns in this country

Has been out there

But politicians that are getting their pockets stuffed

With money from gun lobbyists 

Vote time and time again

To not put those checks in place

While

YOUR loved ones

YOUR friends 

YOUR children

Getting MURDERED on a weekly basis

When it could have been prevented

And what do we get from those same politicians in each instance?

Enough of the minimum amount of empathy

To skirt past the issue

Until next week's mass shooting happens

ENOUGH

Stop the dancing

DO something to improve it

Or we need to improve on the people

In that position

Otherwise

We will need more land for graveyards

A message to my cousin (2/7/2021)

 This is the message that I wrote to my cousin, who passed away last year, before the start of the Super Bowl. 

Mario,
Here's comes the Super Bowl. I know we normally talk before kickoff. I miss you down here. You'll be happy to know the Bucs got into the big game. Hopefully, things goes well tonight. I love you. 

New poem-Angels

 

Angels

By Chuka McCoy

There are people 

That guide us through life 

These angelic souls 

Lend their voices 

To shape and mold our world 

But they are here for a short time 

The void left by their departure is big

But we must be those angels

That pick up where they left off

Their voices will be part of

What we have to say

New poem-Conversations

Conversations

By Chuka McCoy

I had a dialogue when the shooting in a Colorado movie theater happened

I expressed my feelings about it

But more and more shootings have happened since then

So, instead of showing that dialogue (which is still valid),

It’s time to have a new conversation

Which is an old conversation

On how we cannot talk and be on the same page

We need our agencies to be the same page

To communicate with each other

It’s not Game of Thrones, folks

Unite the laws to connect these agencies to block dangerous individuals

From getting their hands on guns

Deal with these weapons that are obviously intended on doing more damage

Than hunting and protecting your family

Stop making mental health the scapegoat

The horrible monster in the room

Mental health is a concern in this country

We should approach it as getting people help

Not giving people a jail sentence

We must talk to each other

Show love to one another

To avoid some of these pitfalls in our country

Not talking about it is another form of abuse

Which is exactly what politicians have been doing

Ignoring the problem

Blaming others and kicking the can down the road

You knew what was going on and chose to do nothing

While people’s love ones suffered from the aftermath

Know something

Say something

Do something

That goes for everyone, including the people that represent us

Addressing What We See and Feel

Addressing What We Can See and Feel

By Chuka McCoy

We have been thrown into chaos 

Confusion 

Division

Pitting one against the other 

On issues that we should be together 

We love our country

Our veterans

We want to have coverage for our healthcare

We also want to not be harrassed in life

Not being brutalized by crooked cops 

While we salute the good cops

That do it right

We want to gather 

In events that brings us together

Like movies 

Concerts 

And sporting events

Without being brought down

By bombs and a barrage of bullets

We can connect 

Love 

Empathize

Yet we are being divided

By an five year old child 

In the body of a seventy one year old man

That wants to be Al Capone

And cares about no one but himself

A fidget spinner 

That folds his arms and twist

Like trying to escape from a straight jacket

So he is a few steps 

Away from the button that will

Make us all expendable

We are better than that

Love, Hope and Respect

Hello everyone,

I know there has been a lot of talk dealing with division these days. Some people’s goal is to keep others in their perspective corners until the bell rings. This world isn’t a boxing ring and we do not have to fight each other. We have differences but more in common than what we realize. I want to start that dialogue to get everyone talking with each other than at each other. So, from now until the end of August, I will be offering a PDF of my latest poetry for free. The book, titled The Hero in Us All: Poems from Our Alter Egos, allows us to view what we all go through and offered an open dialogue with each other. You can download the book by going on my webpage, www.chukamccoy.com. After reading the book, feel free to bring the conversation to my Facebook, Twitter or Instagram page. Thank you very much for listening and hope to hear from you soon.

Chuka McCoy

It's about time we have this conversation.

The events that happened in Charlottesville this weekend has thrust racism and its effects on stage for everyone to see. There are many areas to address but I'm going to touch on some of them. The dialogue needs to start and should include all of us. 

1. It doesn't matter if you call yourself Alt-Right, White Nationalist, KKK or Neo Nazi, it all centers around racism and it's wrong. One race isn't better than another. There's just a diverse group of people that we live among in this world. People's hate is based on either fear of or superiority over others. When you have a heart for others, neither one of those will matter.

2. When groups come armed with torches, baseball bats and automatic weapons, THIS IS NOT A PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY! There's no way you're going to have a civil dialogue with weapons involved. So when you have that, on top of using moving vehicles to harm others, your intent is to terrorize others. Therefore, your group should be know as terrorists. There have been attacks in other parts of the world that's been labeled as terrorism that involved the same ingredients. These groups should be labeled the same thing. 

3. We, as the American people, have been played like a fiddle by the current government administration. All through 2016, the politician that was elected as President of the United States(Donald Trump) stoked our fear and pitted us against each other. He touch every soft spot subject he could point out. The focus on people's fears( of jobs not coming back, of others taking those jobs and the unknown) beat us over the head like a baseball player at batting practice. On top of that, every minority group got tagged with every fear label or insult known to man(too long of a list to go through). These racial attacks have been going on for over a year but we couldn't see it through our hurt, sadness and anger. The groups I mentioned before saw this as it happened and figured it was safe to show everyone their true colors. Donald Trump is like us so it's cool to express it openly now. David Duke, former member of the KKK, said at the rally this weekend that "we're determined to take our country back. We're going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump". Donald Trump, in his statement, refused to denounce these groups that completed these acts and is doing it in his name. He is the President of all Americans, not just some.

Overall, we are better than this and have more in common with each other than not. We need to have this dialogue amongst each other in a civil way. Even if we don't agree on all things, we can have a common ground to walk on. We cannot let others push us into fear. United we stand, divided we fall. I rather stand together with one another and show the world we are better than the ones that terrorize us.