Waiting On Whiteness
Waiting on Whiteness- A poem A poem about injustice, White Supremacy and White privilege in America
Waiting on Whiteness
I’m waiting on
Whiteness
To save me from
The gang banger
In their White House
Put in place
To make America,
Their America Great
Again
Except it never was
Waiting on Whiteness
To ride in
On white horses
To the White House
To slay that
Evil dragon
They placed there
To prosper them and
Impoverish us
To give to them
To take from me
Yet we all suffer
Waiting on Whiteness
To wake up
To save us
To lift us
Not tear us down
To bring us
Not leave us behind
To give
Not take
To love
Not hate
Waiting on Whiteness
To see me as human
Not as inhumane
To embrace equality
Put away
Inequality
To discard injustice
To tire of corruption
Destroy inequity
For those
Are childish things
Waiting on Whiteness
To see the dark specks
In the sea of White
To give me my due
To stop penalizing
My race
To clean up your mess
To ease my stress
To care
To share
Your power
To move
Do something
Say something
Fix messes
You created
Make America
Great
For the first time
Waiting on Whiteness
To impeach
Resist
Be bold
Do something
Say something
Rebuke
White Supremacy
Relinquish
White Privilege
We have no power
You possess all power
Ride in
On your
White horses
Save us
We’re dying
We’re scared
No refuge
Won’t you
Do something
I’m waiting on Whiteness
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