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The World We Live In
We live in a world where so many prisons are filled
Where so many brothers and sisters are killed
Where even if there is not a purchase we get billed
With the burdens of the past
Running a race where we are supposed to finish last
Many minds are ruled by cash
The spirit of greed is placed our seeds
Mothers grieve
Sons and daughters suffer
Fathers wonder
If life can get any tougher
The streets run by babies and fools
It is hard to look at the news
Now Black bodies lay where black bodies pray
This darkens my spirit and my day
They know they can’t stop the power of our tongues
So they try to take the breath from our lungs
A sister’s face pressed into the pavement
It feels like modern day enslavement
Who created this mentality?
Everyday another case of police brutality.
Young brothers painted as thugs
Hatred is given without the love.
Now our people are upset
A demand for justice that must be met.
Mad Men
There is a line from the West Wing when the secret service agent says after an attempt on the president, "It was the act of mad men." Blaming groups is one way to salve the anger, but nowadays, it's one or two people plotting and executing civilians and police. It is a strange outcome. We can't revolt or organize one, (except to march and protest and go on strike generally) so the mentally challenged pick up a gun and spray a crowd (or return from military service and target police officers). Stange, no? It just feels like we are under seige. Truth is, there never was a time when "we" were not under seige. ~Lady A~