Listening to Understand

We don't talk about, race relations

uncomfortable faces,

the spanner in the works,

Supremacy

spanning across nations.

We don't talk about, misogyny

inequality in creation,

so much hate and…

wait

Look me in the eye,

I'm tryna have a conversation…

We don't talk about Politics,

That's off the dinner table,

the discussion subsides,

which then divides us,

Everyone so concerned with optics.

Okay you see it

you read it

it saturates our headlines

throwaway comments,

when topics are topical

and it's not your lifeline.

Okay you hear it

Yeah you hear it

but that's not the same as listening.

And talking.

And reflecting

From this conversation,

you're missing,

Instead,

you're deflecting,

defecting.

Just who are you 'protecting?'

you won your battle

but lost our war

and now, you're forgetting

that

They came for her, they came for him,

they came for them,

now who?

See, you're nodding your head

to what I've said,

but what, actually, will you do?

See we don't talk about connection,

I'm here, take my hand.

misfires in all directions,

all across our lands.

You mistook my pain for 'aggression'.

and make your move still as planned.

We're all just hearing to reply

but no one's listening to understand.