Friday, December 03, 2004

Injustice and People of difference

兩段說話,於我心有戚戚然......
Above all. Always be capable of feeling deeply
any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world.
This is the most beautiful quality of a revolutionary
-Che Guevara

For people of difference
Brothers, sisters of difference,
people of color, people of poverty, gay and straight
black, white, Asian, Hispanic,
Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or whoever you are,
hitherto invisible ones, stand together and affirm youeselves,
in your difference, and in your unity.
Do not accept for one more minute the insidious forces
that hold you back by act, word, or tone.
Forge a chain and break the chains, you do not stand alone.
And to you beyond the walls, in mental hosiptals,
in prison stalls, in chairs of steel, in hospice bed,
in boxes made of cardboard, or numbed by substances
that eat away at brain and heart, for you who bear
the stigma of difference and the judgements of all,
join together, make it start!
Do not go silently;
do not withdraw;
do not say "yes sir"
even once more.
Trust what you think and what you know and feel.
Cry, shout, scream,
find your anger, dare to dream,
find your strength locked arm in arm.
Do not go gently or in shame.
You have a legacy of hope, of courage more than pain.
-JUDITH A. B. LEE-