New Poem Alert: BEYOND OUTRAGE: A Change of Mind?
BEYOND OUTRAGE: A Change of Mind?
TaRessa Stovall
Another headline to remind us
Of this inequality
Another smack upside our heads
From white so-called supremacy
Another law manipulated
To keep us in our place
Another policy enacted
To handicap our race
No reason we should be surprised
Because this fight ain’t new
We just keep connecting dots
To reveal the larger view
Their ways are easy to predict
We know the histories
But that requires seeing past
Platitudes and fallacies
Our outrage roars to life each time
We’re reminded of the fact
That all these systems work together
To keep their dominance intact
Our anger hits the boiling point
Our stress and pressure rise
Are the only paths to progress
The ones already utilized?
Or will we find new guiding light
In those that came before
Inspired by their dreams and screams
As they made it through that door?
Are we ready to fight back
With our Ancestors aligned
Will this finally be the day
That Langston said we’ll change our minds?
Copyright TaRessa Stovall 2023
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