She looks at me
hoping I’ll change my mind
but I’m imprisoned
she’s chasing time
I’ve stopped wasting time
Her fears, the same as mine
but she goes out of her way
and I stay in mine
I’m flawed, tried being the best I could be
but she wants more, she wants better…it’s praying time
she ACTS, as if she isn’t hurt
when I say my lines
so guilty conscience
AND shame, is mine
love changed her life
but love,
couldn’t save her time
If Black Lives Matter
IF
BLACK LIVES MATTER
then WHY
after flashing lights
does a BLACK LIFE
FLATLINE AFTER?
IF
BLACK LIVES MATTER
then WHYYYY
after flashing lights
does a BLACK LIFE
FLATLINE AFTER?
IIIIFFFF!
BLACK LIVES MATTER
THEN WHY
AFTER FLASHING LIGHTS
MUST A BLACK LIFE
FLATLINE AFTER?!
Fell for What
Scream when you fall
but on the way down
scream out why you fell
was it a free fall
or
were you pushed,
was it because of me
or
was it you,
was it in love
or
was it from pain
just make sure you let me know
so what ever the reason,
it wasn’t in vain
Newfoundland
ashamed
because I tried to be
‘white’
at my best moments
then by default
‘black’
at my worst
ashamed
because I aspired
to be like white people
ashamed
because I aspired
to escape being a black man
lost
because when I hurt
nobody white understands me
some things only black people could understand
lost
because when I hurt
I feel black
only we, understand us
angry
because this world
influenced me to trust white people
more than my own people
happy
because I’m black at my best
and only getting better
because finally
I love my. black. self.
occupied freedom
there has been casualties
and fatalities
because this occupied illusive reality
was founded and liberated upon sustained brutalities
and pie in the sky fallacies
without consistent generational challenging
racism is likened to America’s first and longest lasting allergy
and its impact varies based on your color and salary
sadomasochists
America
People
why does it take inflicting pain
to stop you from inflicting pain
why does it take inflicting pain
to change the inflicted pain
and heal, the afflicted pain
or does it just feel too good to you