Requesting Respect

• James Bidstrup, Grade 5, Mary's Mount Primary School
• Poetry
• 2015

Finalist in the 'Read Write Repeat 2015' competition

They came without fear.
They came for their care.
The mistreated black people,
Would fight for their share.
They are human.
They are the same.
So why must the whites,
Cause them great pain?
Then some brave men,
By the name of Luther King and Mandela,
Requested respect,
In the name of Blackfella.
And since that special day
They wave their great flags,
Receiving respect,
And praise from all man.