We Kneel

i'm holding onto every fiber of hope i have left

that we can change
that we want to

but i must admit

i see thoughts being written
of being 'woke'
but they're still sleep

the mission ahead
the protest
is not about poverty or city
is not about 'welfare'
or even no daddies

it is about the hatred
that permeates

cuz guess what
people of color have jobs,
they have homes,
they have daddies that love them
and education too

and yet they can still be gunned down
beat bloody
trigger pulled
but nobody pulled it

because they are scary
because they looked like that
because they walked away
because they played in a park
because they helped their client
because they held up their hands
because they could not breathe
because they were not white.

so please
you do not help
thinking you sound so woke
by saying

they kneel

because things in the inner city are rough
and things in their life might be tough

they kneel

because their daddies don't read them books
and their mommies lie, steal and hook

they kneel

because they receive food share and aid
and they can't teach their kids to behave

they kneel.....

because
over and over again they die.

and you're too busy with your hand over your heart

to see
to believe
you percieve
disrespect
and say 'shame on them'
but really 'shame on  you'

as you continue to argue and fight
tsk tsk cuz you're right
i mean why can't they see
really....how bad can it be?

and another man dies
and another cop lies
and another mother cries

and you're too busy with your hand over your heart
while

we kneel.

That's what I got today.