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One bad Apple

In times of disasters
People bond together
Working hand in hand
To help each other

And they don't see race or color
They are strangers without a name
Their main goal is to help the unfortunate
Because we all are the same

It is our duty as a human being
To stand for a fallen brother and a sister
And we will work tirelessly to get it done
Carrying cuts, bruises, and blisters

It’s the only time that hate and racism
Cease to exist in people's heart
When in time of human compassion
Racism and hate and prejudice can play no part

One love with support and encouragement
Is all that you will find
Disasters bring out the goodness in people
Everyone is compassionate and kind

And when we take the hands of those in need
You hug them as if they are your own
Giving them hope and comfort that it's going to be okay,
They are going back home

This is the only time love overcome hate
It’s the only time no one sees the color of your skin
It takes these unfortunate events
For people to realize we are all the same within

Then after its back to the original sin
Racism, the superior race, and bigotry,
The same old crazy shit again
That plagues and flairs up again in every community

There are bad apples in every race we all know that
And we also know that one bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch
So why do some people still follow fools
And drink the cool aide for tea, dinner, and lunch

It's not right for me to pay for your crime
It's not fair for the father to pay for the crimes of his son
This is common sense, simple logic common sense
You can’t pay for another has done

You can't hate an entire race
You can’t an entire generation
You just cannot hate all
For the crimes of one

The guilty will pays for their crimes
And taken away from society
It’s what we demand from the authorities
We demand to be able to live in peace and stability

Disasters bring out the best in all of us
Brings out the true way god that intended for us to live
And we can harness that feeling and carry it in our hearts
Then there would be so much love to give

I could never understand how people
Would go to church, stand next to each other and pray
And then comes out
And start spreading hate the same day

We are told that from Adam and eve the human race started
And after the great flood,
We are the decedents of Noah
So, which means we all carry the same blood

You are my brother and sister
And I am yours too
One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch
We all know that is true

Thousands of heroes and sheroes
Lost their lives on nine eleven
Blacks, whites Chinese, Indians, Pakistanis
There was no race or the color of your face
It only braves men and woman saving their fellow men

Their names will be called every year
when star-spangled banner plays
and the flag of our nation fly at half-mast
remembering those that give their lives on that day

Style / type: 
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity): 
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing stage: 
Content level: 
Not Explicit Content

Comments

Hello Izal, and welcome to Neopoet. It's like a family here, I hope you feel empathy, as we do with our members.
Your poem makes an excellent impression on me. I agree totally with everything you say. My only criticism is that it could be made shorter, you can make this important theme work well with less lines.
I like your title and the topic, very important in these troubled times. I'll return to have another read because it's long and merits several readings.
All the best, God bless you and your family, Gracy

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this is a great idea and a good poem. It is also too long, as Gracy has said. I'm sure that it can be shortened and still make it's point. Welcome to Neo. and I hope that you will find a place here with this family of poets. I think that you will fare well here and believe that good critique and comments are the key to making better poets of us all. I'm positive that you will get that here. ~ Geezer.
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