Poetic Representation

Wednesday reminds me of never A day lost between an ocean of anguish A volume of burdens to bear Hope depleting while time seems to never vanish

There once was a man named Justice Who vowed to serve and protect Wearing proud a uniform of blue Selfless service he must project He came across a man of color  Not what he normally saw This was a man with no malice or intent But stop Justice became enthralled  This man by which did not look dim But he stood proud and stout Justice became filled with fear and envy And took his weapon and waived about Now this man who was proud and stout Did no wrong and yet could not believe That Justice he was taught to honor Had acted in a manner he could not conceive Justice grew with fear and rage And demanded this man's pride Forcefully shouting and aiming While the proud and stout man cried Asking for protection and rightful service But just that he was denied Justice became judge and jury And laid this man on his side He did not have guilt or shame For his actions through fear were justified No jury would convict Justice They will just justify how h...

The pain in our eyes claiming our lives until others step in our shoes they will continue with this feud this epoch of misery death and destruction calling it defense but it's really just an abduction of another soul from this earth treading with no malice just given the wrong color at birth The outside world looks on with disgust because they war against them but chose to silence us what do we stand for in's not liberty nor freedom stripped of our dignity being black in a nation of hate is not compared to the injustice or rights of the gays it's not compared to the married rights or so called freedom plights at anytime they can chose how they look to others blending in as done for years, my brother This is all about how I can be shot for looking, talking, walking, sitting a certain way I can be choked, hung, stabbed, raped, and denied life because I was born this way Inside my veins are blue my heart beats and I have lungs too but because m...

They captured us and enslaved us. Put chains around our necks and raped us. We fought for injustice and they maimed us. For a minute we had hope, but really they just gave us more rope Polluting our minds with dope America the free was never meant for us. The constitution changed...nah it was just bent for us We are not part of the human race We are still just monkeys with a new face Blaza blah I'm not talking hate What I dish out is not even second rate The Jim Crow Laws are still in effect Our men became cattle at best Destroy our families what’s next The lynch mob put on new masks With new weapons no more nooses and crosses Just a gun and a flash Marking us off like completing a task Lord have mercy on us In this genocide An African American apartheid but with cameras so they can’t hide Though they still lie Stashing guns and knives And staging suicides Going to aid other countries in their wars While ignoring what’s at their own front door We...