Respect

Don’t let me turn the other way
when I hear other people say,
‘our jobs have gone to lesser men’
 I hear this said, time and again.
 
Don’t still my voice and tie my tongue
when I see something that is wrong,
and let it pass without a sound,
release my cry, make it profound.
 
Don’t let my eyes begin to cloud
when I see people in a crowd,
who gather round a simple man
and chant about the ‘final plan’.
 
Don’t let me miss a single plea
for those who crave equality.
I don’t have strength but do believe,
we work as one so we  achieve.

Don’t let me shy away from fights
that serve to save those Human rights,
that some would see just disappear
replaced by slavery and fear

When  ignorance betrays mankind
humanity will end up blind,
and stumble on from place to place,
no vision left to value Race.
 
Respect and justice hand in hand,
as brothers walk through every land,
and keep their own humanity
Is how Mankind says it should be.