"Mother, Should I Trust The Government?"

Dark red eyes.
People being beaten.
Burning flags like rainbows.
Children ripped,
Out of the arms of their mothers. 
No money, no chance of salvation.

Chants rioting through streets. 
"No Justice! No Peace!" 
Cop cars plowing through people.
Mothers birthing their unwanted child, 
A child whose father likes to hurt little girls.

Alcoholic, abusive, arrogant dads, 
Ruining families. 
Victims not getting the help they deserve. 
Giving power to the fat orange boy. 
A boy who does not deserve to be called a man.
A boy who thinks of women as objects, 
Seeing his daughter only as a woman and not a daughter.

The hands of the government, 
Hurting our people every day. 
Oh, Mother, 
Should we really trust the government?
 

malaika8

OH

17 years old

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