Ethnic Cleansing

Wed, 02/24/2016 - 16:06 -- khaant8

One gun for Akai Gurley

One shot for Trayvon Martin

One bullet for Mike Brown

10 seconds for Eric Garner

Gone...

 

Who are you to think you can get away with this?

 

The black race being killed off one by one

In their perfect world, there won’t be any of us left

Ethnic cleansing

Because we aren't good enough for society’s standards
Ethnic cleansing

Because the minority isn’t so minor anymore
Too much of a threat?
Feeling intimidated?
Killing us off won't make us weak.

 

Knock us down seven times, we stand up eight

Rising stronger, fighting harder for what we deserve
Why must race divide us?

Color blind us?
And ethnicity revile us???...


A repetition of history

In broad daylight

Eyewitnesses galore

Yet jaws remain wide shut

Our lives and bodies are the new BET
“For entertainment purposes only”
No punishment

No Justice…

No Peace!

This poem is about: 
Our world

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