Demonstrating Conditions

you speak up
shout out loud
marching the streets, proud
filled with righteous anger
unaccepting of current conditions
willing to stand up
for justice
overcrowded and unsafe
for humans, this is not a place
to live
being forced into submission
create an environment
of hopelessness
treat humans unworthy
as if lives don’t matter
people divided along lines
of black, white, brown
the individual becomes a number
thrown together
a literal jungle with survival
the game
so unreal
the indignity, humiliation,
has lead to shame
survived famine, strife, conflict, war
but this is the last drop
concentrated camp
where death creeps in
tainted innocence of a child
a systematic torture chamber
out in the open
glad at least for a few days
some decided
to end the silence
not surprisingly it turned violent
unfortunate for those accepting
a dormant state
somehow hard to break
years pass with deterioration
a miracle it’s peaceful
please don’t give up
keep resisting,
until you treated as equal