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To be Honest… Elder

By Kimelia Carter

"To be honest

Black lives don’t matter to black lives

How many times have we heard the story

Of little Ray Ray shooting Pootie

In the black alley.

You don’t see marching then.

You see mothers in the streets crying

Over the spot where their children

once lived and she watches

As their blood, her blood

Stains the streets she raised

Her sons on.

To be honest

Black lives won’t matter until

Black lives value Black lives

Why doesn’t in matter

When we kill ourselves

We rest in contentment

As we watch cousins

Kill neighbors over stupid arguments

To be honest

We need to make a difference with us first

Our death shouldn’t only matter

When killed by a “Vanilla” person

To be honest

I don’t know

Black lives matter might have a hidden agenda

They insight rage without any real guidance for change

They start arguments with cowards

Who use guns to sublimit what they lack

Or fuel their hearted.

They lack experienced direction

And yet they make us feel like

We are not enough

To be honest

We fought hard for the life you guys get to live

And yet you dare to act like what you have gone through is worst

I’ll admit Social Media has helped in some cases

But, at most it has entitled you

To be honest

This generation

You millennials

Are fake “Woke”"

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