Hearts and Minds

How can we win the hearts and minds
of those who lie
About those who die from living under oppression?
When they see invading Iraq and occupying Palestine
as skewing their impressions.
Possibly we can help them see this allegory
This truth-be-told
About our sisters and brothers.
Show them mothers
of sons and daughters
who fought for justice.
Teach the true history
Of manifest destiny
Of Europeans stealing this land from civilized societies.
Exploration dictated by
Domination with the inclination to
Occupy and colonize
Brown people who look
Uncivilized…
In their eyes.
Five hundred years
and the colonizers still shed no tears
when instilling fear
for a "political agenda."
The oil is so thick that it clouds any judgment
Of what we must do
To save each other.
We are one another.
Political agendas of democracies
Should reflect respect
And justice for all,
Not hypocrisy
That is causing this empire to fall.