The people are angry
After years of being silences
Used to build the land you walk on so freely
But this land is only free for few
And for centuries the wrong systems have been used
After years of being silences
Used to build the land you walk on so freely
But this land is only free for few
And for centuries the wrong systems have been used
And this silence has never led to the change they are due
The people are tired
Of your silence
Of trusting systems that were never meant to serve the people who don't look like you
Of waiting for your world to finally work in their favor
And if the institutions meant to protect and serve
won’t
Then the people have every right to burn them to the ground
The people are tired
Of your silence
Of trusting systems that were never meant to serve the people who don't look like you
Of waiting for your world to finally work in their favor
And if the institutions meant to protect and serve
won’t
Then the people have every right to burn them to the ground
This poem was published in Masked: A Student Anthology, published by the University of Rochester English Dept.
