Who Are They (poem) by Mary Etta Jones on AuthorsDen

Who Are They
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I've never been much for the polical scene, and i generally avoid it if I can, but for some reason it now bothers me what some politicians are saying and want me to believe...and one campaign trip struck me on a raw note...creating a poem from deep within

Who are they to say that i have no abilities to create what i want that i am not resourceful in my own rights to persue a dream lead the life i choose...make the decisions i need to make be a partner with equal rights without political promises Who are they who feel i need help to get a job of my choice to begin a business on my own...resourceful enough to know how who are they who waits to seek my vote when time runs out who felt my vote not really that important at the start I learned my lessons of life from my mother...she made sure i knew she laid the groundwork for me before i was born...she knew life who are they who think my life and needs are the same back then that was 40 or 50 years ago...dont you know your history Show me what you do know...let me make my decisions understand my needs are not the same as you believe remember the 60's and 70's when women began to choose show me what you do know...then let me make my choices

Reviewed by Liana Margiva

Reviewed on August 31, 2012

Powerful poem!!!!!!!!!!!! Liana Margiva

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

I'm with you. I don't like to write about political things, but find myself writing more these days because of what I'm reading and hearing politicians are so excited about. Things like they create jobs and that women and minorities need to adhere to principles that have long been determined to be abusive. Politics has always been a stupid man's game, and was always about money, but today the power of money is overpowering and needs to be stopped in favor of people and principles. Thanks for writing your mind. I am too. My vote doesn't count for much, but I'm going to use it, not in the way that I am being coerced by negative advertising, but by what is right and good.

Ron