not-guilty verdicts
pepper my vision of field.
how they prey on brothers
brings back2mine
how they killed my cousin
tho he wore a shield.
“Friendly”
fire
shot
dead
Couldn’t allow that Ted light to shine
Wait,
why’s
a cadet
not equipped
with a vest?
- used live rounds
in a simulated fire fight
not considered
a practice that’s best.
For the now single Mom no longer a wife
unpurchased armor
a debt more costly than a life.
now - urged by suffering
from recalling
too
many
lives
simply
dismissed.
Preparing
WE Rise up
NOW
Take right action
for a time
such as this.
Like David’s
we face giants
that shapeshift
to follow greed.
blood for dollars
boils over
doesn’t protect
speeds the bleed.
follow the money
for profit prisons
root sources
long revealed.
Citing case law
and media complicity
quickly
dismissed
lost on appeal.
God,
we,
in
TRUST
... through US make
ALL things NEW.
advances
diminished
... our workers?
too few.
Bring leaders’
to bear
burdens
heaped upon
the LEAST
of these.
And Teddy would smile
calmly
saying:
With YOU
I-AM
well
pleased.
