Law and Order 2
Confusion whirls within my mind
Understanding I cannot find
As a child, I watched bad police
Hurt the innocent, never cease
We never thought to hurt them back
Or any police white or black
We never thought to attack lives
Destroy places, where business thrives
Lash out at people, not involved
Lash out from where it all evolved
Now, police hurt a criminal
The choice he made, keeps truth still
It does indeed show what’s wrong now
But in no way justifies how
The screams, graffiti, all to drown
Our flags burned, statues broken down
Things that we love taken away
When we weren’t even there that day
Yet, people justify all this?
As solutions still go amiss
I think of peace within my mind
In senseless acts, you will not find
Heidi Sands
6/24/20
Copyright © Heidi Sands | Year Posted 2020
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