INNOCENT

For Kahlief Browder

I wish I was a black bird
so I could slip through the bars,
leaving the mental scars behind me.

I am in decline, this is a plea,
no one can see the innocence
inside me

I am battered and bruised.
I stand accused of some absurdity.
I am a product of an unjust society.

I have cut and scratched my skin,
confined within a justice system,
where people like me can not win,

Suspended bedsheets in the air,
missing the smell of my mother's hair,
a life not so simple for a young man
of principal,

and the irrelevance, of maintaining
my innocence.

Reviews

[BBP]

Always a fan a prison based stories. This is a hopeless plea to the unjust system.

Nicely written.

[biggerthenu]

Keep it coming Rene. Your yelling so loud with your truth. Thanks for sharing

[emmajoy]

Seems the good, the small, the man on the street can plead for justice and be refused, ignored.. YET screaming power-grabbing idiots are given the legal leeway to pervert justice for their own glory.

How tragic a post this is.. so many more should read it, take note of it and.. acknowledge the unfairness of today's so-called Man KIND.

[Rene Velez]

Thanks Emma much appreciated

[Great Aunt Astri]

A deep poem, simply and effectively written.
I think there are many others who feel this way ... being accused of some absurdity. Unfortunately 'the powers that be' seem always to win, but one can always give a cut and scratch back ( a metaphorical one). And, as history often shows, those who stand accused today, often have their 'principles' highly regarded in the future. Nicely done.

[Rene Velez]

Thank you for the kind words

[Tony Jordan]

Powerful and enlightening Rene.
A sad indictment of what passes for justice these days.
Scary.

[Rene Velez]

Yes, indeed