Where do we Start?

Where do we start?

What steps do we take?

It’s easier said than done, to learn to trust and tolerate

Unity lives in the mind, but reality is what we need

A place where dreads could live without brutality and be able to plant their seeds

Their lives were ruined by the Dread Act when rastas they sought to kill

For what? A simple mentality that a different belief should be made still

It showed just how different we all were and how hard it was to trust

Building a Caribbean identity would be beneficial to all of us

But, where do we start?

What steps do we take?

It’s easier said than done, to learn to trust and tolerate

Ha, at least we did try

To create unity and to prevent insularity

Once again it failed, the Federation was to no avail

Time and time it was proven that the Isles were on their own

Too many believed in only themselves which is why a Caribbean identity is not known

What did this cause?

A build up of mistrust between the states

All hope was lost

Living with a history of mistrust and intolerance might just be our fate

So, where do we start?

What steps do we take?

It’s easier said than done, to learn to trust and tolerate.

-Yashika Salmon