Whose Side Does Truth Reside
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
What defense is there against,
Something to be seen in the sky.
Flying to come and go.
Unidentified with words to describe.
As more people realize,
What they see with eyes wide open...
Undeniable it is what appears,
Has been an experience clearly witnessed.
Yet...
Doing their best,
Is the rising of racists.
Claiming only those white,
Have been given entitled rights...
To control and rule over those born,
With a different ethnic color.
Identified by appearance alone.
Be they conservative or liberal.
Republican or democratic.
Or independent fence sitters.
Nothing these folks do is condoned.
When it comes to power grabbing.
But no one can explain what it is or who,
Capable to fly high in the sky unidentified.
With a power to have this do,
Without given approval or acceptance...
To choose what they do to and when.
Making those high on white supremacy,
Look more like childish bullies.
Demanding to be feared and seen,
As children viewed...
Breaking through playground gates.
Yet...
That which flies high with a power to do,
Whenever they, it or them do to choose.
Undoubtedly has a power to use it.
To display awaiting to be dared.
As if...
Leaving no one to deny,
Whose side the truth is on.
And prepared to prove,
Fools incapable to learn lessons...
Need to be shown,
What power to have can do.
'Under these unexpected events.
Should I play or save my 'trump' card?'
'I would say,
Either way?
What power will it have?
We all have been dealt,
Our own hand to play.
However...
I do think this to believe,
Those who held on to keep the 'joker'?
To believe it to be their 'trump' card?
Should not admit,
They kept it to believe it powerful!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on July 08, 2021
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