Telling The Truth Hurts

Telling the truth hurts most of the time Thousand of Blacks, Minorities and poor Whites Have been summarily killed by the Police The majority of the killings look like heinous crimes Against humanity, they can be treated as homicide If the Coroners and the D.A's were following the policies This is the truth; many of those killers are racist They hide behind badges and shields to harass the mass They belong to a powerful union, which controls The politicians, in our so-called democratic society Telling the truth hurts all the time The powerful sets and dictates rules, laws, and principles They charge, arrest, condemn, judge and penalize No wonder so many underprivileged people are in jail Incarcerated, countless innocent ones are rotting In prison, and the unluckiest innocent ones are executed Forget about rhyming, we're dealing with lost lives Unfairly, unjustly and prematurely stolen by the authorities The elected officials and the sworn judges who ignore justice Who practice the worst forms of injustice. Oh! We want Peace How can we have peace, when so many are mistreated Marginalized, insulted, assaulted, hung like worthless mice? No perpetrators want to face the truth, the severity Of their illegal and unethical endeavors. God Almighty Where are you? Are you dead, alive, or under the influence? Nobody knows, nobody cares. The truth will set us free One day. Should I say that death will set us free? The ultimate sacrifice should not be the price of freedom We need a changed society. Read, and study different psalms We need to improve ourselves, and come up with different axioms It is brave to stand for the truth; this is sublime; this is awesome. Copyright© August 25,2016 Logerie Hebert, all rights reserved Hebert Logerie is the author of several books of poems.