Different by Jennifer Ekstrom

Home
QUOTATIONS
Friendship
Humorous
Inspirational
Miscellaneous
Motivational
Sports/Success
Submit a Quote
POETRY ARCHIVE
By Author A-L
By Author M-Z
By Subject
Submit a Poem
LINKS
Poetry Links
Positive Links
Quotation Links
Submit a Link
Awards
Email Me

View My Guestbook
Sign My Guestbook
Webmasters, please read Terms of Use.

Different
By Jennifer Ekstrom
(Contact: Jendamahi@aol.com)

Dedicated to the remembrance of
Matthew Shepard and
Martin Luther King

He lay beaten up on a fence,
no one to help him, he had no defense.
Murdered because they choose to hate.
The way he loved delivered his fate.

The pain grew in his heart
because his skin set him apart.
His blood ran red just like me,
But it's to bad that others didn't see
That he was a human, a man the same,
But his skin color made him ashamed.

Because they were minority,
they died from the majority.
Of hate and dislike
they died a gruesome site.

Note: For all those who click on the "Sign My Guestbook" link, you are signing a guestbook for my entire site, not for this poem. So if you wish to make a comment about this specific poem, please include the title so I know which one you are talking about.