It's not the
way it should be
Sneaking glimpses behind the
curtain
Living wet
in the stream of
you
Hiding love and knowledge
from
the hate and ignorance surrounding me
It's not the
way it should be
Black and Brown and Red and
Yellow
lives burning in
hidden slavery
Covered by blocks of concrete
and
rebar
piercing
me
Raping my hope
my
soul
my
dust
a
cloud of devastation
raining
acid green
on
those who purchased me
It's not the
way it should be
Brown and dirty
Red and dead
Hung time and
time again
In
the name of
Mammon
It's not the
way I hoped it would be
Ignorance and arrogance of
youthful certainty
the
ways of children
Left
behind
torn
from me
as
security
It's not the
way I want it to be
Autumn dancing her song away
from me
I hoped
wanted
to
dance it too
