I am brown, black, white, yellow
I am green
And crimson red with rage
I am the unwashed, the unheard
The unseen
And all but resigned to my fate
I queue while reviewing my place
While all but resigned to my fate
I had nothing
Have nothing
No opportunity
In this battered community
All brutality
And twisted normality
Simplicity in hardship
Ambition discarded
Beauty omitted
With ambition restricted
For want of
For need of
The seeds of
Deprivation
Destitution
Hatred, Prejudice
Discrimination
Once sowed
Germination
Took hold
Though
Growth
Holds limitations
I am brown, black, white, yellow
I am green
And crimson red with rage
I am bitter, I am spiteful
Mistrust has seen me tribal
And now sealed to certain fate
I kneel while conceding my place
While all but cemented by fate
3rd March 2021