BRITTLE

The world has become brittle
While we do so little
Not in tweets, not in memes
But in the way, we follow our dreams

It takes courage to bring honest words to life
We say things wrong we say things right
As we pass the blame for these verbal fights

The world has become brittle.
As those in power think so little
Locking doors to compassion and empathy
They might control the dollars, but we are one nation.

It took strength to sit; it took strength to kneel
Harriet could have died, as history books were placed on the shelf to hide
As our children celebrate celebrities with tattooed faces

The world has become brittle.
Forcing society to change their pronouns
Just because you are not who you think you are
This journey is yours; forcing the movement just slows it down.

No medicine will heal an ego that seeks to kill
A coward that hides behind power, this filth doesn't wash off in the shower.
It takes courage to give truth a voice; that is what speaks louder.

The world has become brittle.

People live for the attention of words

Other people die because of words

As Daphne body hits the pavement

The privileged changes history just claim the victim name

Many have died before you tweeting your pain is not the same

Understand the words before you believe the lies; life is not a game 

Stop being so brittle; stop thinking so little.

Bring out the kindness you hide and the empathy inside
Look at where you have come from and just laugh.

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

TRAPPED

If you don't like the bitter taste of a lie then spit it out
But how can you when it is not coming from your mouth
The truth is uncomfortable at first it might even hurt
Claim it, don't let it run away push through it like a new birth

Trapped in the lie thinking your in the light
Trapped in reality you're living in the night
A lie is like a drug that will never free the mind

If you don't think you know wrong from right
Making excuses for another person's lie
Thinking your lead the game but those lies but you to shame
Walking with your daddy's name you got no one else to blame

Trapped in the lie the way you talk some think your high
Trapped in reality may be you just had a lobotomy
The mind is a terrible thing even when it is in your own brain

Just don't admit hope that everyone will forget