Burn

We burn with anger

when we read roaring remarks
     that rage against our race,
when we are witness to words by people worked-up
     to wage war against our ways.
when we peruse pages of hate
     and passages of humiliation.
   
When we experience hatred and despise
    from people who think we don't belong here,
we burn with disgust.

Our burning anger is of no use.

It is not helpful.
It brings no relief from
     nor the removal of
all the fiery hatred and disdain
     stirred up continually
by power hungry politicians.

Instead,

Let us burn with desire to see better days
Let us burn with enthusiasm to stand up
     and be counted for our country.
Let us burn with passion to work together in hope,
     standing together in comradeship.

Let us burn away our lazy inaction.
Let us burn down our self-centered conceit.
Let us burn off our haughty arrogance,
     and our prejudice against others.

Let us burn malicious words,
     and remove them from our speech.

Let us look forward to the day
     when we live as a people
     burning with love for our mother land,

a land belonging to all of us.

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33rd prompt of 2019

Burn.