The power of power

Peace brings equality It's why they crave the chaos It makes then feel less empty It makes them feel validated Silence asks too many questions The silence holds the truth The chaos hides lies It's why they start wars As it distracts from accountability A pretence they've kept up for centuries Knowing one wrong move will have their facade crumble The fake smiles The tight grip of a handshake Publicly giving condolences But in private making plans to profit of our pain The name of this game Fake activism and performative allyship The players White liberals And the strained smile of the white politician War over peace Their secret motto Disguised as care for the people What they don't tell you Is that they really mean they only care about their people It's just a matter of how you view their actions It's just a matter of how they verbalise their words Especially when they make promises Of a new and improved world But years later It's changed for the worst Humans are inherently selfish Especially the ones who were spoon fed privilege The ones who don't face discrimination The ones who become blind to issues that doesn't affect them The ones who relax in a pool of power Privilege funding their ignorance The irony is their problems were solved by the enslaveds labour But can't even 'apologise' by fixing the damage they have done