Layla Riley-Hill Poet Free verse

Justice is a lie

Justice is a lie fabricated by the white man 
Benefited towards whiteness and proximity to it
It doesnt take generosity to see 
That a system used to police would be against the black race 

A system started after slavery -
Policing or incarceration 
Once control of freedom was lost
They resorted to us being unjustly locked up
Justice was never made for us 
It was just a quick solution to the problem - 
Us

Their motive wasn't to protect and serve,
Except for the oppressors 
It was to keep black people in chains with 'means and cause'
But really it was because the 13th ammendment had a loophole 
A clause used as a weapon for control

Justice doesn't exist, it never did
A myth created by the monolith
Lies on the black man are excused
And when we're killed it's self defence
Because apparently being black is a criminal offense

Don't insult our intelligence 
Trying to gaslight us into believing we're delusional 
But it's hard to ignore when our eyes are constantly exposed - 
To your unjust treatment 
We are not blind to being targeted
It's not some hidden secret
It happens worldwide, you just willfully ignore it 
Having power means you don't have to be cautious
You don't even have to explain the obvious
The oppressors own the narrative 
When your privileged no one gets to question your decisions
Justice resides in the hands of those with pale skin -
Or those who are accepted within it,
Or to put it simply those with black or are mixed with black skin
'Justice' was only there to place us in prison
And to keep them the 'victims'

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