"A Poem of Truth"
Melvin
Carr Lane VPA Middle School
"A Poem of Truth" by Melvin Carr Lane VPA Middle School This video was taken at the 2012 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest Winner Event in St. Louis, MO. Read the poems of every 7GP winner at https://www.7gp.org. The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP) is transforming young lives and their classrooms through writing.
This is a poetry writing of love
Not hate
Our world is an unstable place
People are judging each other
By the color of their skin
And the religion of their race
Our black men are turning our community
Into a place of gang banging
And drug slanging
It’s like our world
Is taking its time to learn the basics
There are people
Who are trying
To make the world a better place
Despite the others
Who don’t want to do anything
But take up space
