“In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.” 
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

“Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mind
most of our colors are amazingly the same.” 
― Aberjhani, Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love

With many thanks to Aberjhani, (1957 -) , African American poet