21st Century Rainbow
Red.
The colour of love,
Anger and destruction
Blood spilled on the pavement
"Oh the thought of two gay men!"
Orange.
The colour of fire
Igniting anger, fuelling their veins
A coloured kid gets shot
Only racism to blame.
Yellow.
The colour of lemons
Just as bitter as your words
Making small, innocent children
Cut their delicate skin with knives
Green.
The colour of money
Greed and hatred
Controlling our systems
Making us all victims.
Blue.
The colour of the water
Pooling an drowning people
Anxiety crumbling the walls
Making our minds insane
Indigo.
The colour of midnight skies
Drowning our screams
Of sadness and depression
Swirling under control
Someone please help us.
Copyright © Jaymes Dilaurentis | Year Posted 2017
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