Truthfully

The truth
has been blinded
by bright lights
and white lies
so all that's left
is dark spaces
and dark corners
dark skies
and dark moments
falling from eyes

Five people died
pause
for effect
did you get that
five people died

I bleed
red white and blue
from a wound
that will never heal
because the latest cause
of an uncivil war
is an election
they're trying to steal
the "peaceful" anger
you see now
is why some kneel
because the pain
of unfairness
believed
whether or not real
is the most powerful thing
someone can feel
so imagine
if you will
that five people died
pause
to reflect
did you get that
five people died

We could be
at that crossroad of diversity
where we
stand idly
waiting
pondering the next step
for democracy
does it work
for whom does it work
questions
never before that had to be
asked
or answered
because there was the underlying
positivity
that we
as a nation
would always be
the bastion of a proven philosophy
that everyone
through the trials and tribulations
of history
were the beneficiary
of a constitution
that states all men were created equally
but five people died
pause
to acknowledge their memory
they died
at a time
that didn't have to be
because truth
should always matter

Nice poem .

Such powerful words mig . Would like to see them beamed around the world