They Came For Me

They came for me for the color of my skin.

They pulled me from my babies arms.

I was nothing to them but a black man, less then them,

because of my skin

they beat me for drinking from their fount, satiating my thirst on God's water.

they killed me that night

like theives they  stole my chance to be God's instrument

like garbage they threw away my life.

They came for me in Munich because of my religion

they put us in camps and branded my flesh as if I were cattle

my prayers fell  deaf from my scorched lips

my ashes rose to heaven a bitter testament to man

and his hypocrisy

They came and lead me from my friends

pulling me from the heard into the field

it was cold, oh so cold that night

all I wanted was the warmth of love

a kiss

a hug

some tenderness

they stole my shoes as they beat me

they humg me from a tree

but that's not how it's supposed to be

my Savior did this already he died for me

my face was wet with a thousand tears

my only friend

my companion

my witness the wind that stung my eyes

they came for me because I was Japanese

they beat me and raped me they called me a whore

all the while singing God's praises

they ripped me and used my body as though it was not the temple of the Lord

they came for me in Love

or so I've been told

they locked me up a flower no longer fed by the sun

my colors became grey

I screamed as the electricity coursed through my veins

as they tried to pray away the gay

I took a razor to my wrist watched the lood flow on a white cold floor a nile of crimson denying my life

I wandered the world as in exile a woman they raped me

trying to change my affections

they replaced them with affliction

I was alone

my death unnoticed

They will come for You too.

when I am long gone  my body dust

when my people are forced into hideing

one morning in your Church

Mosque

Synagogue

they will come

they will come because they don't like your doctrines or the way you worship.

they will come fo you

because they hate  they are like a lion roaming this world seeking

whom it may devour

as they drag you  to the furnace

all you can do is pray

and wail

They came for me too.