Hard not to hate those
White men and white women
Who believed that owning people
Was Christ-like
Difficult not to hate
Those same people who
Disavow women’s rights
Deny civil and human rights
Challenging not to hate
Those same people who
Believe the state has the right
To kill incarcerated people
Who gets to play God?
The President? No.
The Supreme Court? No.
The majority of Americans? No.
Survival of the fittest or
Natural selection?
How to square these circles
Full of contradictions, complexities
Were those people helpless, powerless
While children with parents
Who had tight but cruel control
Playing the authoritarian role?
Questing all of their lives
To find another certain leader
Who tricks them into agreement
Taking away their power instead
We want our team to win
We want to beat the competition
Working together is frowned upon
Number 1 is all that matters
Well, guess again
We will not stand for cruelty
We will not obey your laws
We want to crush those who rule
By abusing power
But, then….
Do we become just like the ones we hate
Have we fallen into hell once again
How do we conquer without becoming
The very thing we hate?
How do we work together instead?
