Communication is Power (#9)

I know many people will write about whatever they want for this blog assignment, but I won't. I am not going to write about something, I am going to write a poem to show my topic. If we have the freedom to write about anything this time, we should also have the freedom to choose the way we write our blog as well.  So here i go.

Who said language equals power?

For the matter of fact,

Who said proper English equals power?

In this world, we all each have our own dilate, our own slang.

We each have our own accent.

Who said we need to speak and write proper English?

I can see how that view became,

But why?

Yes, if we all speak and write in the same language,

We can all communicate with each other,

But we communicate with one another before proper English,

Before any language.

We spoke by using our bodies, our faces, our expressions.

We could have communicated how we are feeling just by how we smile.

So who said proper English equals power?

I do agree that language equals power,

I disagree that we all need to speak and write proper English to have power.

We shouldn’t be afraid to speak, to express ourselves,

By way of any language we have.

So speak,

Tell people what is on your mind,

Show who you really are.

Don’t be afraid of people making fun of you

For how you speak or write.

Don’t go back to your shell,

For it is the people who do speak and write proper English that should be afraid.

They know that if we can communicate,

With our broken English,

With our simple English,

With our ethnic accent,

That we will then have power,

For proper English doesn’t equal power.

Even language doesn’t equal power.

What truly equals power is communication.

And that,

Is true power.

So let’s go out and show the world who really has the power.