Ironically Not Very Politically Correct
2021, Respect your neighbor. Sometime's it could save ya.
2021
So he’s gone,
Really gone
The pastor broke the news to his wife
Their son,
Only one,
Was accidentally victimized
By another fool with a real man’s gun.
Her sister
really misses her
Every time she falls asleep,
She sees her behind her eyelids
Then she awakes, of course..
It’s only ever a dream
Nobody can believe
she
Was a victim of violence,
That’s the price she’d pay,
For her mistakely deafening silence.
His mom was on life support
His dad didn’t care no more
His homie set him up for a score,
But he simply couldn’t rob the poor
People
See, he could have left the boy
Totally see through,
But he always tends to be
Sensitive when it came to people
They stole his life for a price
Some fake dollar bills
And a stolen fuckin bike
I wonder if it was worth it still,
Risking your life for a short-lived
Pathetic bag of pills
I wish the people who choose
To wish that someone needs to fail
And make sure that they lose,
Only to feel the accomplishment
Of breaking the rules
And being the one to choose,
Which gun to use
And who’s to refuse
A quick paycheck
And the right to falsely flex
Yall are killing son’s
and daddy’s out here.
Sister’s and nieces, nephews, cousins.
Brothers need to never envy each other,
We’ve got to start
Doing our part
To keep the peace
And share the streets
Because too fast,
too soon,
They been taken away
From me and you, too.
About the Creator
Bailey Thornton
I’m a lone mommy of a handsome boy. & a full time advocate for anybody who can admit they need an advocate sometimes.. I don’t call my writings poetry, because it’s honestly just thoughts.
Thoughts that just happen to rhyme sometimes..
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