Interrogations | Steve Mekoudja | TEDxTUBerlin

this poem is my confession the echo of
my buried conflicts the explosion of my
inner volcano my legacy legacy this is a
poem about embracing our weaknesses this
is a poem to adjusting although police
leak be me jelly born only
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it is a poem for all those men hiding
themselves behind is mine
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those men whose Thailand yes yes those
men that we do not only that we do not
for you for you and me when about the
prison the poem about humanity
this poem is a question a question
thrown into the mouths of the world it’s
here of incomprehension flowing in the
body of mankind to which its center the
center of truth he was their God sitting
among us he was their daddy we had
decided that good will be evil that
black be white that blood will be water
that Jeff will be water that the lie
will be the truth
God was there but he did not flinch did
he even speak he was there among us the
day the war decided to wipe it fits in
his name to aspire it’s not of absurdity
in his name to lie vomit to steal to
violate to kill in his name God was
there
but he did not move did he even know how
to move this poem is a forest a forest
of contradictions a dust of ambiguity
raised by the abundance of retreats
addicting the entrails of our mother
nature when did we decide to make our
life on earth to trample on one another
some far from others some against others
some around others some behind others
but not with each other when did we stop
seeing words to cure illnesses to heal
wounds to wipe away tears to make our
surrender – laughs – tickle to dream to
make dream I do not love you anymore
I hate you I have never loved you
farewell go to hell you are too black
too stupid too skinny too domed –
invisible to disabled – this and that
and whatever happens to love whatever
happens to a neighbor whatever happens
to humanity this poem is my confession
the echo of my buried conflict the
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