Wish for Eternity
The blood and tears that built the land are the same ones still hitting this sand
As I lay on the floor of this desert of oppression
thirsting for equality, my words making no connection
The men in blue striking down on me with their sticks,
It’s the slave master and his whip.
Crying out to closed ears, the same wail of 400 years
These broken bridges they claim to mend but I watch as my pain becomes a trend
They paint their faces with a brush of guilt
while trying to fix that bridge that was never really built
“Equality!” “Equality!” that’s their alarm as they’re pulled in closer to Liberty’s arms
Like a baby they distract me with pretty colors,
Ads and videos saying “love each other”.
But the real change that this country needs,
Is a change I know I will never see