Kahari placed 2nd in our Summer Poetry Contest winning $75 and I Am Root Merch. This was Kahari's first time submitting to one of our contests, so big shoutout to him for claiming one of the top spots. Keep writing and keep growing!
Meet Kahari
I’ve been writing for 12 years.
My name is Kahari Young. I am a Spoken Word Poet from Metro Atlanta. I am a poet for The People. I’m into collective personal growth and existential philosophy. I love creating to relate to different walks of life. My muse is the beauty of the stories that makes us human.
Topic: The Voice of Today
We
The People
can no longer bear the strange fruit
of being treated less than equal
Unchaining our mindsets from the nuisance of negative news
By any means necessary
Overriding the consciousness of Congress
Demanding progress daily
Breaking the curse of nihilism
Like our ancestors who fell victim to the violence of racism
We do not want to die to Rest In Peace
Like a father serving in the marines
who miss his wife and kids
We all just want to make it back to our families completely in one piece
Refusing to be casual about our casualties
Reforming the deformity of the system
Requiring a better screening process of the psyche
Urgently calling for a change in authority
Tired of being treated like a mindless minority
Drained from being wrongly sentenced for minor offenses
Weary of our busyness backfiring
No salvation found in our salaries
Life is so much more than being overworked and underpaid
Longing to experience all the good that The Good Lord has made
Lifting the veil of miseducation
We’ve came too far to get complacent
Tired of the cyclical destruction
Tired of the cyclical frustration
Desiring to abundantly live in creation
Our woes and sorrows is wholeheartedly felt by all nations
The most urgent call that humankind
Must answer
Is the call
To dethrone the stones of hatred
Divorcing ourselves from this abusive matrix
Transforming our noble fixations
Into permanent liberation
Having the boldness of a lion to permeate our faces
Collectively keeping our eyes on the prize
Transcending the restlessness of injustice
Making it a reality for future generations to generate tranquility
Unshackling ourselves from the shackles of judgmental hostility
Sporting the cloth of bravery to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery
Unlearning the ways
Of yearning to be someone we are totally not
Building a home that can’t be broken into
We spent over 400 years trying to find our way back home
Our home was inside our hearts all along
Our home is the love
Of paying homage to our ancestors
Our home is refusing to be bitter
Our home is continuously choosing
To make our days better
By never forsaking us gathering together
Our greatest inheritance is the act of cherishing each other’s lives
There’s no place like home
Our home can weather any storm
We will continue to keep hope alive
We
The People
can no longer bear the strange fruit
of being treated less than equal
Unchaining our mindsets from the nuisance of negative news
By any means necessary
Overriding the consciousness of Congress
Demanding progress daily
Breaking the curse of nihilism
Like our ancestors who fell victim to the violence of racial terrorism
We do not want to die to rest In Peace
Like a marine father serving overseas that misses his wife and kids
Every night, we all just want to make it back to our family completely in one piece
Refusing to be casual about our casualties
Reforming the deformity of the system
Requiring a better screening process of the psyche
Urgently calling for a change in authority
Tired of being treated like a mindless minority
Drained from being wrongly sentenced for minor offenses
Weary of our busyness backfiring
No type of salvation found in our salaries
Life is so much more than being overworked and underpaid
Longing to experience all the good that The Good Lord has made
Retreating from misbehavior, regarding our brothers and sisters
Lifting the veil of miseducation
We’ve came too far to be complacent
Tired of the cyclical destruction
Tired of the cyclical frustration
Desiring to abundantly live in creation
Believing in love
Believing in justice
Believing in just us
Our woes and sorrows is wholeheartedly felt by all nations
The most urgent call that humankind
Must answer
Is the call
To dethrone the stones of hatred
Divorcing ourselves from this abusive matrix
Transforming our noble fixations
Into permanent liberation
Having the boldness of a lion to permeate our faces
Collectively keeping our eyes on the prize
Transcending the restlessness of injustice
Making it a reality for future generations to generate tranquility
Unshackling ourselves from the shackles of judgmental hostility
Sporting the cloth of bravery to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery
Unlearning the ways
Of yearning to be someone we are totally not
Building a home that can’t be broken into
We spent over 400 years trying to find our way back home
Our home was inside our hearts all along
Our home is the love
Of paying homage to our ancestors
Our home is refusing to be bitter
Our home is continuously choosing
To make our days better
By never forsaking us gathering together
Our greatest inheritance is the act of cherishing each other’s lives
There’s no place like home
Our home can weather any storm
We will continue to keep hope alive
- Kahari Young
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