Class Is In Session
Trying to remember
How it all goes
Ask, and no one knows
Pointing in every direction
East and west
just more reflection
Inward retreat
from these
external beatings
a slave in a land
of dreams
filled with too
many misdeeds
They say we've
lost our way,
I say the compass
we were given
was pointed
towards metals.
They say we are
animals with bad reputation.
I say reattach our
roots and let us
franchise our fruit.
They say drugs
run rampant
in our communities
but the stamp
upon delivery
commemorated Elvis
when MLK was an
after mention.
The government
has always meddled
in our endeavors
Welfare, warfare of the mind
It used to mess with ones
pride to be given something
without work
Now it's just what "We" do
but whites suffer too
It ain't about erasing
our color but
eradicating our power
they knew that would
keep us down
long after the finger
pointing would end
If we are too educate
ourselves, our
education should
begin with our
own turmoil
No where in our
school system
will they teach this,
instead,
they separate
docile from misfits
I asked for a hall pass
once, instead of
cutting up I found
my way to the library
and in the dustiest
book section
I learned the most
valuable lesson,
knowledge hidden away
holds invaluable truth.
Copyright © Ts Lewis | Year Posted 2015
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