Regardless
of the fact
We
have never met
Is
it me?
The
reason
Behind
your refusal to lend a helping hand?
Possibly
our age difference
Maybe
the color of my skin?
Or
the system of my own beliefs
Maybe
completely different from your own?
Is
it because you are not myself
Why
are you so indifferent to my pain?
Is
it me?
And
if I were your own child
Would
it matter to you then?
Or
could you still care just as little
What
makes you so cold and uncaring?
Because
I am somebody else’s child!
Regardless
of your disbelief
Are
my tears any the less wet?
My
heartache and hurt any less
Simply
because you look the other way?
Is
it me?
You
apparently despise so much
A
person you have never known?
Those
I daily write soulful pleas
Totally
ignore my nightmarish plight!
While
you are entirely unaware
And
may care even less than they themselves!
To
the fact I am illegally imprisoned
Nineteen
years past the end of my legal sentence!
Is
it me?
Because
I am oppressed daily
By
your civil servants you pay protection to?
From
a person like myself
Suppressed
hourly in my struggle for justice?
Do
you realize the truth
Of
exactly how your tax dollars are spent?
Creating
that which you fear the most
Criminals
your hard earned money's to cure?
Is
it me?
Or
is a better question to be asked
Is
it you?
Which
refuses to admit the system you support
Fails
each and every one of us?
You
through the creation of future crimes
Myself
by the denials of my lawful Rights?
Never
being addressed reasonably
Or
effective solutions sought?
Is
it me?
Or
are you being victimized, too?
April 13, 2001
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