A Paper Thin System



You say you want to make the world a better place,
 when really you just want to change everything you think is wrong with it.
You’re all for Black Lives matter,
until you hear about what happens to be a black man getting killed by the cops for
 “resisting arrest”.
Then you say he deserved it or that the cops saw a weapon, so it was “self defense.”
We have a broken system and it's like paper.
White and fragile.
You say there is so much hate in the world and that you’re full of love
 until a person of color looks at you the wrong way.
Then they’re in handcuffs and you’re the victim.
The hate starts with you and the world will never change unless you do.
You act like we aren’t the same but, we are.
We have hair, skin, blood, and DNA just like you do.
So, why do you act like God didn’t make us too?
We are not abominations or punishments sent to you from God.
We are visionaries, we are the next generation, and we are Genesis.
You need to change your mindsets,
so that people of color can stop getting killed over speeding tickets.
So that you are not so quick to judge the people who work for you.
So that we can have equality, freedom and peace.
You see everything that is happening and you do nothing to stop it.
Some of you are okay with it and others are not,
but they let it continue
and by then it flourishes.
You need to understand that we are not going anywhere and it's better to join us than fight us.
Would you rather have our system be white and fragile? Or Colorful and Strong?
A paper thin system is so easily broken.

About this poem

It’s about the broken judicial system and racism

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Written on October 26, 2022

Submitted by TMH27 on December 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFCGHIJKLKKMNOPKQBRKSNTU
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,568
Words 327
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28

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