Poems from words_r_power

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CNA, EMT
My baby boy lying in my arms should have no cares should be safe from harm but he is white so now with the world he must fight against...
what is love, but a foreign pain,  not yet known, not yet gained, sex and desire, burning high, waiting to end, like a child's lullaby....
why
why do I see something in his eyes, Suspect that he lies, About where he is, Where he goes, No one knows, Coming home late, Debates turn...
No more kid gloves,  No more small talk, No more Black Opression, It needs to stop, because you were never a slave, you're daddy never gave...
Scars line my arm, They call it self harm, It doesn't hurt anymore, No more crying on bedroom floors, Imploring, begging, needing the world...

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