Invisible Man
hopeless
helpless
man child
black child
daddy never claimed you
mama never named you
raised you in ignorance
sent you into the world defenseless
snatching glances of cardboard people
through broken slats of whitewashed
picket fences
called upon to witness
the destruction of your kind
bamboozled into thinking the world
cared about the education of your mind
told to man up and suffer through the pain
told that the brown-skinned love you sought
was a ball and chain
designed to keep you down
and bleed away success
5 kids no job now who to blame for this mess
wall of mistrust constructed of lily white lies
taking to the bottle and smoke to hide your cries
forced to keep your heart deep undercover
I can see your struggles
I can see you, brother
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