Analysis of A Paper Thin System
You say you want to make the world a better place,
when really you just want to change everything you think is wrong with it.
You’re all for Black Lives matter,
until you hear about what happens to be a black man getting killed by the cops for
“resisting arrest”.
Then you say he deserved it or that the cops saw a weapon, so it was “self defense.”
We have a broken system and it's like paper.
White and fragile.
You say there is so much hate in the world and that you’re full of love
until a person of color looks at you the wrong way.
Then they’re in handcuffs and you’re the victim.
The hate starts with you and the world will never change unless you do.
You act like we aren’t the same but, we are.
We have hair, skin, blood, and DNA just like you do.
So, why do you act like God didn’t make us too?
We are not abominations or punishments sent to you from God.
We are visionaries, we are the next generation, and we are Genesis.
You need to change your mindsets,
so that people of color can stop getting killed over speeding tickets.
So that you are not so quick to judge the people who work for you.
So that we can have equality, freedom and peace.
You see everything that is happening and you do nothing to stop it.
Some of you are okay with it and others are not,
but they let it continue
and by then it flourishes.
You need to understand that we are not going anywhere and it's better to join us than fight us.
Would you rather have our system be white and fragile? Or Colorful and Strong?
A paper thin system is so easily broken.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111010101 1101111110111111 1111110 011101110110111011011 01001 111101111011010111101 110101001110 1010 1111111001011111 01010110111011 110101010 0111100111010111 11111001111 111110111111 11111111111 1111110011111 1110001101010011100 111111 111011011101101010 1111111110101111 1111101001001 11101110001110111 111111101011 1111010 0111100 11101111110100110111111 11101101011010110001 0101101110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,568 |
Words | 327 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 301 |
About this poem
It’s about the broken judicial system and racism
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Written on October 26, 2022
Submitted by TMH27 on December 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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