Not Black,
Not white,
Nor Brown,
If it is living being,
It matters.
Love all,
Be kind,
Be happy.
--Jayalalita B Iyer

We're Now In Some...

... " TROUBLED Times "... !!!

So Many Crimes... !!!
And Yet We KEEP...
"Ignoring".................. SIGNS.... !!!!!

I Have A Good Friend...
Who's Always said...  

"People ignore until It Happens to them ! "...

Until THEY FACE MAJOR Problems...
Or Until They SEE A... BITTER END... !!!!

Like Losing A CHILD Cos' of Paedophiles... !!!!!
Or GRIEVING Cos' They HAD To Dial... " 999 "...  !!!!!

But Here's The Crime... !!!
Your Loved Ones Life...
Has Now... FLATLINED... !!!!!

Cos' You Were Told To...

... " Hold The Line ! "...

People Die Okay That's Fine...
But Something's FLAWED In New Designs... !!!

Police...

CLAIM To... " Save Our Lives "...
But RARELY Get To Us In Time...

Unless You're WHITE Then You're Alright... !!!
CHECK The Stats'... I'll Bet I'm Right... !!!!!

But COLOUR Ain't The Point of This...
It Is A Factor... DON'T Dismiss... !!!

What I'm Saying Is... I ABHOR... !!!  
Those Who Are... ABOVE The Law... !?!

If I SHOT Someone In DEFENCE... !!!
I'm Bound To Get A LONG Sentence..................... !!!!!

Behind BARS And STUCK In Jail... !!!!
With NO CHANCE of... Getting BAIL... !!!

But Here's THE THING... !!!
When INNOCENTS DIE From Police Shootings... !!!
Police DON'T Seem To Feel The STING... ?!?
Like The Bereaved of Their... VICTIM... !!!!!  

They Just Get Holiday Outings...
And... "PROTECTION"....
For Their KILLINGS And ASSAULTS.... !!!!!!

While Men Like Me Are Told To...
.......... " HALT "........... !!!

"Excuse me sir, is this your car ?"...

"Nah, it came from a shooting star !!!
and before you ask, i'm really from Mars !"...

"Searg, this fella thinks he's smart !!!?...

"Right, let's call The National Guard !"...

"What, just for me, don't shoot me please !!!
I don't want an autopsy !!!"...

"Right, are you gonna come quietly,
cos' we're arresting you for too much cheek !"...

"Okay Okay, but, take these handcuffs off my feet !!!"...

Did You Find Those Words Funny... ?  

Well If You Did You Just Don't See...
That This Is The Start of... TRAGEDIES... !!!

Blacks Who DIE In... "Custody"...
instead of Reaching Eighty Three... !!!!!

So FAR This Has Not Been Me...
But Now I Write True Poetry...

Will They Come....
LOOKING For Me... ?!?

It's A Matter of Time....
Let's Wait And SEE Which Policy...

I Infringe Like Muhammad Ali... !!!!!

Freedom of Speech Is What We NEED...  
In Troubled Times Such As THESE... !!!!!  

On Local Streets...
I Don't Wanna Hear... " FREEZE "... !!!!!
Like Some Cop Show On My..... " TV "......  

TV... INFECTS Mentalities... !!!

Be Careful What You Watch...
I'm Begging You PLEASE... !!!

From Satellite Feeds To London's Streets...
That's Why NOW I'm Trying To LEAVE... !!!
And Find A BETTER Place To Be... !!!  

Without GREED And POVERTY... !!!

"WAKE UP V, You're In A DREAM !"

"Leave me, let me, fall asleep,
and just recline, and ease my mind,
before I find, myself resigned
to fall victim, of........

... " TROUBLED Times !!! "...

My words are asphyxiating
           I cant understand
the weight upon me.

I didn't deserve this,
                   you kneel on
          me like a ill treated dog..


Do I bark, no..
                 I plead for your humanity,
but you just stare with emotionless eyes..

Who cares if I cant breathe, me..
           my family, a daughter ill never see,
                       but you just ignore...
Its not fair that I'll never hold her again,
              close to my slowing breath...

Could anyone help me, they just sleep..
   until I cant breath...

       Who cares if I cant breathe...
the flickering of racism shown
                   to burn brighter than my last breath..


I matter, I lived, i died. but know that i couldn't  breathe...
                                      and it matters, Mum.....

Given the chance
We would all help George to breathe

And Ahmaud to complete his run
And leaving a bird watcher to bird watch

In the hope that he sees that rarest sighting
That still remains to be seen,

A life uninterrupted
where he doesn’t have to be concerned about his next breath

or the weight of one-sided history
Bearing down on his neck,

Or a virus
Filling his lungs with poison

A cytokine storm of oppression
Cutting life spans short

Leaving us without viable treatment,
As It’s stated matter of factly  

“we might have to live with this for the foreseeable future”,
And four hundred years on

there’s still no vaccine  
For separate and unequal treatment

In an injustice system
That’s become genocide ad seriatim?

Yesterday I was black,

Today I am frightened,

Tomorrow I’d be lost.


I thought we were all humans,

A creation from God,

I didn’t know I would be treated differently

like a fraud.


Am I a ghost,

Why does everyone run?

I’m not a criminal

No, I’m human.

So, why do you point a gun?


Religion, class, cast

Black, brown or white

I thought these mindsets were in the past,

I thought everyone were finally all right,


But I guess I was wrong.


So I run, keep running

from this little world,

But I don’t know where to go,

How starved you must have been,

that my heart became a meal for your ego.

I can’t breathe
On these choking
White streets of
The United
States
of
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✊🏻WE✊🏼ARE✊🏽ALL✊🏾EQUAL✊🏿