The Separate by Quaisha Thornton / Founder of @thepoetpledge. . They fought for inclusion They fought for equality They fought to walk the streets at night In their own city But what did they really fight for? To still be persecuted To be a joke and mocked everywhere To be denied basic human rights To be ridiculed for just being black That is enough of that We are the Separate Not all for one and one for all We got nowhere as a people dealing with ya'll Like the ancestors said If we mess with them we'll go down with them We are at our lowest The only way left is up Learn from the past and current Rise and be separate Grow and educate Then we can leave behind a greater legacy Don't let coons tell you different Their personal stakes make them seem relevant They aren't here for us But they will surely go down with us When the Massa is all done Our enemies that look like us will ask why and how come We got this Let's be brave Rebuild our communities For us, not for Heaven's Sake ➖➖➖➖➖ #thepoetpledge #poetry #poem #OurLivesMatter #blackout #civilrights #justice #freedom #BlackLivesMatter #writersofinstagram #writersofig #writer #poet #blackpoets #socialjustice #socialchange #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #womenpoets #blackwriters #blackwritersofinstagram #blackfemalepoets https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjYl_HBz6i/?igshid=ev1zv0cxlin6








