Human Writes
Fordham students and members of FCLC’s chapter of Amnesty International write about human rights.
July 25, 2011
Published: October 21, 2010
By: Mario Weddell
He felt moved by something so profound he
couldn’t quite explain the extent of his
excitement. Yet even in the dark he knew what
the light meant. The light was hope, but
rather than show it, he kept it hidden like
a poet does before his work’s complete.
This was not a masterpiece, just a master
plan to stay standing firm and strong,
held by hands and arms taut like
rubber bands, a web of weary limbs so
entangled they held each other up.
Here was mass and here was movement.
Too big to put his finger on it,
best try and put his arms around it.
Embrace and be engulfed, feel spent and be supported.
A web of weary limbs that held each other up.
By: Alex Fauve
I envision the dimensions of her jaw
Her chin presses against my shoulder
At my shirt I feel her skin paw
My hand falls, the space no longer holds her
The clench of her hand gives way
The tickling warmth of her bone ascends
The cartilage of her nose decays
The calm whisp of her breaths far from me ends
The permeating subsides
My leaden wrists ache
The emptiness insidiously still lies
I nervously jerk to what later at stake it will dictate
By: Malaya Velasquez
Let’s say yes in a time where we only know no s
Let’s say yes when everyone thinks nothing can grow
From the cracks in cement, but the cracks can’t prevent
An overflow
Of
Let’s say yes
Let’s say yes when we think the best, has reached the rest
But all we really do is shield our eyes from the test.
Drain gain driving us insane
Can we be at rest?
Nothing to do but hide their pain from our brain
Empty plate & dirty dishes, why sit here just making wishes?
When instead we could be making history,
So
Say yes to the movement, don’t run from defeat
Cause baby belief is the greatest leap:
It starts right here in what is ours
Who cares if they say between cracks can’t grow flowers.
So let’s say yes
By: Tom Wanielista
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