𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑡.2

Principles,
A word we use in the wrong term.
Principles,
The word we use to "claim" what's " Rightfully ours"
To claim another life in the hands of the "protector"
To have another mom burying their child because of an " accident"
Principles,
To steal the lives of others putting a heavy chain around their neck
Claiming their lives as a human target.
Principles,
Holding people down with a heavy foot saying 'I can't Breathe'
Principles,
Walking on stolen land that wouldn't be "ours" without the help of my ancestors
Principles,
Having Black America being looked down upon cause we're " Different"
Yet, you want to copy my culture and claim it as yours,
My culture is marketable or an atheistic,
Haven't you caused enough damage?
Haven't you already "claimed" enough things as "yours"?
My people aren't some new species on display. We are also people and want to be treated as such.
Principles,
Claiming the lives of me and others who've had enough of the silence , being told to keep quiet and keep face.
Claiming to lives of me and others who we only know their name not who they are.
Principles,
Tearing us down making us weak
" All lives Matter"
No they don't, my life doesn't have the same value has your life or the person next to you
Principles
We shout "BLACK LIVES MATTER" because we want to be heard
We are tired of living in silence " I can't breathe", " We can't breathe"
But Yet we still have the audacity to still have principles.
Principles.