Unbound

We are bound by the shackles in our minds 
Stripped of our identities 
Replaced by numbers 
Grouped by the color of our skin 
Killed by our own 

Wasting away by the wayside 
Overlooked by our environment 
Forgetting what we come from 
Accepting what we are taught 

Slowly we loose ourselves 
Reimagining a new self 
To fit in to what would make you feel safe 
Just to loose ourselves again 

We were kings and queens 
Society made us pawns
We were masters of our own destiny 
Now we look over our shoulders 

The shackles are fragile 
Easily broken 
We are not lambs to the slaughter 
Just like the sun we will rise.

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