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Who Isn't Frankenstein? by Orange

11/25/2020

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You see us and say monsters,
but we say the same of you,
for judging without question
and encouraging monsters from your youth,
worse still You plead for answers from those
whos job is to bastard my life so you don't recognize
that you are the same as me,
news journalist and lawyers,
sensationalist reporters
all cutting their teeth on my flesh
and refuse to let me speak so their venom unchecked
causes you to hate me,
but i am human and i refuse to die silent,
i won't let you ignore me,
i wont roll over and be quiet,
you all fight,
you all hate,
you attach yourself to labels
and say your not one to degrade,
but your station belittles others
by stepping on their cultures,
you want more for yours
and do so through imitation of those oppressors,
but the road is slick
and your driving blind,
unaware of where you came from,
only following your pride,
now off course with no turning back
you fly off the wheel
and hope jesus has your back,
as your words begin to bury
all you built on sand
as it quickly swallows itself
until there is nothing except what you damned,
you wish you could go back,
you didn't mean for this to happen,
it's not your fault you just wanted...
but never knew how to earn it,
or what to do
once You had it in hand.

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