DECLARATION No. 1
To all of those that we scare half to death,
that want to censure, control us,
smother us with wealth,
that feel offended at the words we choose to write,
that will never understand the need we have to fight,
We say hold on, there’s more…
To you that never sees the sun the way I see it seize the night,
and surround me with its light as it circles Mother Earth,
initiating rebirth, granting me the light
I need as well, require,
as I take my thoughts
higher
and
higher,
I say you should retire…
To all of you we infest like the plague,
insecure,
insincere,
too loud and too vague,
I say hold on tight for this ride’s just begun,
the words will keep coming,
there’s no way to stop them,
the more you scream halt
the more we will not,
the more you resist us,
the louder we’ll discuss,
and the more you will sink in the mud of the forgotten,
for we speak for the downtrodden,
the ones left behind,
in life too unkind…
To all of you that we scare half to death,
one day we will seize your wealth
and share it with the world,
for our words are our stealth,
and they’ve now been impearled.
(C.2024, Francisco Bravo Cabrera/23 MAY 2024, Valencia, Spain)
JaZzArt en València 
Love the poem and the painting. Getting kinda scary these days with people tossing out names like Fascist and Antifa without even knowing what they mean. Maybe a crash course on the first half id the 20th Century World History, might help. They would probably prefer not to be woken up.
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Yes! They would need an in-depth lesson on what is fascism and who were the nazis, but you are right, they would prefer not to be woken up. Thank you so much Pat!
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Vivimos situaciones de extrema pobreza, de miles de desplazados en todo el mundo y guerras por puro interés económico. Las grandes potencias nos ahorcan y nos exprimen al máximo y nadie es capaz de poner orden en esta caos. Entonces tu poema tiene un valor altamente humanista.
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Muchísimas gracias Manuel! Tienes toda la razón, el orden del mundo tiene que cambiar, pero el cambio tiene que ser para dar más prosperidad, libertad y democracia a todos los pueblos. El verdadero progreso es el que se logra con el esfuerzo de cada cual. Un abrazo.
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Wonderful painting and poem!
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Thank you Dawn, so very much!
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