Poems from words_r_power
My baby boy
lying in my arms
should have no cares
should be safe from harm
but he is white
so now with the world he must fight
against...
what is love,
but a foreign pain,
not yet known,
not yet gained,
sex and desire,
burning high,
waiting to end,
like a child's lullaby....
why do I see something in his eyes,
Suspect that he lies,
About where he is,
Where he goes,
No one knows,
Coming home late,
Debates turn...
No more kid gloves,
No more small talk,
No more Black Opression,
It needs to stop,
because you were never a slave,
you're daddy never gave...
Scars line my arm,
They call it self harm,
It doesn't hurt anymore,
No more crying on bedroom floors,
Imploring, begging, needing the world...