New Ways to Bear Witness

Violence imposed with max severity
 Plagued by misery we can't give up the ghost
 When all you know in life is partiality
 You flee so easily from pillar to the post
 We'll hold the line as beatings grow
 And possibilities of fatalities
 
 One day those victimized will revolt
 Against a world that views them as less
 Exposing all they know through a lens the stories told
 Viralized with no end
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 Silent eyes awake to see official crime
 By those that we rely, deceiving their own kind
 Whispers once low, now they shout what matters most
 Streaming evidence confirms what we have known
 They tow the lies, it's no surprise
 Dividing us in hopes of disharmony
 
 One day those victimized will revolt
 Against a world that views them as less
 Exposing all they know
 Through a lens the stories told
 My children live in a different world
 And I hold myself to blame
 As they redefine accountability
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 How can I ever know what's good for you
 When our faces are obscured by a screen
 We need to touch, we need to feel, we need to hear
 Or is it all just a dream
 My children live in a different world
 And I hope it's not too late
 As they're taught to love with humility