Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Histories

 We know the history that's given

The written one, that is

dark under belly hidden

The deceit, hypocrisy, self - serving

Buried in collective memories

A whitewashed history it is

A glowing facade to uphold

Venerated institutions

Tinsel presented as gold

raw reality repressed 

In millions of suffering minds

For them each day a struggle

Each hour a challenge thrown

Lived, resisted on unequal grounds

More life sucking than battles fought

Hegemony built on subalterns

Unacknowledged, unappreciated

Surviving, thriving, empowering

Defying extinction all the time.



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