{"id":96413,"date":"2013-06-28T09:23:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T13:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=96413"},"modified":"2013-06-28T09:25:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T13:25:16","slug":"dpc-poetry-the-equality-of-joy-and-sadness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/poetry\/dpc-poetry-the-equality-of-joy-and-sadness\/","title":{"rendered":"DPC POETRY: The equality of joy and sadness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first breath of life we were sad, crying, not knowing nothing.<br \/>\nThe first touch of our mother brought us joy and comfort,<br \/>\nyoung and innocent without no thought.<br \/>\nAll we needed that time was comfort, or an escort:<br \/>\nEating was not, but breast and tits was the taste, and our touch,<br \/>\nthat was the first feeling of equality and security.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up sad for some was plain madness,<br \/>\nwhile being comforted by toys brought us joy.<br \/>\nWithout toys our thoughts was annoyed and we were left without equality,<br \/>\nthen sadness came strolling where the comfort for mom was needed.<br \/>\nWhere the feeling of breast and the taste of milk come in for feeding,<br \/>\nwith the touch and feelings, once again we accept equality.<\/p>\n<p>As we get older, that feeling will keep us searching,<br \/>\nsearching for something with a nice feeling,<br \/>\na feeling that will always remind us of that first feeling of equality.<br \/>\nBy then your taste and understanding of life has changed,<br \/>\ncause the demand for equality flashes, and the struggle begins.<br \/>\nThe search is on for a job for living, convenience, and the comfort of equality.<\/p>\n<p>Although in the majority we don\u2019t always find equality,<br \/>\njoy and sadness will always be in our thoughts,<br \/>\ndue to the maintenance of our life styles.<br \/>\nSome will always have and some will never have &#8211; equality.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s one of the reasons we have wars and rumors of wars,<br \/>\ncause the cry for equality will always be in our mind.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;re living in a situation where the actions of man<br \/>\nare to make sure that diversity is in every city, and equality is controlled by the minority.<br \/>\nSo joy remains with the \u2018haves\u2019 and sadness remains with the \u2018 have-nots.\u2019<br \/>\nAnd the hope for joy and equality is being covered with sadness<br \/>\nand that sadness is what covers our world.\u00a0 That causes war.<br \/>\nEquality and joy are being turned into sadness,<br \/>\nwhere madness remains our joy and our equality remains sadness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DPC is the acronym for Domnichen Poetic Circle, a \u201cLiterary Circle of Contemporary Poets, and Spoken Word Artists of Dominican birth and descent. 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