I feel my soul crying 

immediately behind my face,

the tears refuse to be released, 

they only press against 

the inside of my cheeks.

With heavy breath like 

there is a stone weighing 

down on my chest.

How am I to feel when they have 

waged war against innocence.

Retreating into myself for I am 

unsure of how I can help.

As futile as prayer or tossing 

coins into a wishing well.

Take my hand, the least I can 

do is comfort you.

Breaking down, I fall apart 

from hearing the news.

What can I do to assist 

my brothers and sisters,

when privilege reigns in this 

poorly built system of resistance.

No weapon formed against us 

was ever supposed to prosper.

Who am I to trust when 

I can't even have 

faith in the gospel.

Perhaps I am naive to continue 

carrying my dreams,

although they might as well 

be held in coffins.

Leaving me burdened as they 

strip me of my conscience.

The current state of affairs 

has left me feeling hopeless.

Has the whole world gone blind 

or have we just become desensitized?

Numb to the injustice 

that has become as natural 

as the clouds that stain 

the cliched, clear blue skies.

We need a revolution, 

or at least a resolution.

There is no humanity when 

hatred has left the world polluted.

How can we continue to feign 

ignorance to these circumstances?

Once, I learned that race was 

just a social construct 

and I almost believed it,

until I opened my eyes 

and saw all the inherent 

corruption that exists.

Fabricated to create 

a rift between us,

separating, segregating, 

sedating and now 

it cannot be reversed.

Perhaps focusing on all 

that we have in common,

instead of drawing lines 

designed by our differences

could bridge the distances

between us.

We shall overcome!  

There is power in numbers.

Shameful to think brutality 

is what it took to awaken 

the sleeping from their slumber.

Who can say what 

we might accomplish,

if we aspired to undo 

the centuries of brainwashing

until all of the 

hate is abolished.

When we bond together

ignoring their profiling

of races; we can heal

and free ourselves from 

oppression and its cages.