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White Guilt
by Monique Louwdear Ma'am, you are right,
You have made me see the light.
The evil torture visited on
your parents
and your grandparents
by the regime that my parents
did not want
and voted to change
Is the sin i must now repent.
Henceforth shall i refrain
from referring to the poor, the weak and the weary
by Name.
i shall endeavour to remember
that the most important
characteristic
of the poor starving child is colour of their Skin. 06/22/2014 Posted on 06/22/2014
Copyright © 2025 Monique Louw
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 06/22/14 at 12:43 PM I love the content of this poem and the way it flows and speaks and carries its message across with great effect. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 06/27/14 at 05:01 PM The subtle sardonic bite to this is deep; thought provoking. I like it a lot. |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 07/06/14 at 04:37 PM My eyesight using an iPhone ain't what it used to be and I thought the title read "white quilt" so I was even more powerfully impacted with that visual suggestion in my thoughts. Quite thought provoking. |
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