Telling The Truth Hurts Poem by Hebert Logerie

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.