This is a place of culture
Of races and colours
A place of accepted differences
A place to belong
Somewhere to share
The individuality
Known as you
This is somewhere
To be a part of the hole
Without assimilation
But…
This is not what it see
Not what I hear
And my heart bleeds out
I see people bring themselves
Bring there culture,
There language
There believes
I don’t see them share
I don’t see them take part
In the culture that has grown
To be known as Canadian
Yet, I see people come
I see people stay
I see people divided
Communities divided
Asian Communities
East-Indian Communities
Black Communities
White Communities
What has happened here!
What ever happened
To Canadian Communities
What ever happened to understanding
To acceptance, to learning, to sharing
To living together as a society
As a multi-cultural society
My face is forced to harden
To be able to live on
But my mind aches in frustration
My hear cries with disappointment
My prayers continue on
That one day Canada might mean
What we’re taught to believe
Alexander
Life-Unknown
Author notes
Ummmm i dont know if this quite fits...
But it is what came to me when i read you contest page
Hope you enjoy none the less
A contest entry
- Standards by Sugoi Panda.
450 points, ended March 30, 2007, 4 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Way to put the feelings of many people our age into such a great, easy-to-read piece. I find a lot of Canadians (especially the younger ones) don't know what makes them Canadian...and while beer is always a good answer it just doesnt seem adequate...way to sum it up. "what we're taught to believe" -fantastic
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This poem is strong, precise, and keen. Your message is adequately felt and promoted. This is truly a treasure
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Bravo! This poem fits the contest like a glove! I could sense your emotion behind the poem. Where are the united communities? Why must we be separated by our beliefs and cultures? Why not bring them together to make a stronger whole, rather than small communities? Other than a few grammatical errors here and there, this was beautiful and even your background coincided with the fire behind this emotion driven piece.
Good luck in my contest!
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