Ignored

I am 
not
Their
Style

To be
In the
Spot light

Just
Something
Crusty
And
Old 
A symbol
Of fabricated
Oppression 

Oprah
Will
Never
Endorse
My Ink
Why should
She

My words
Don't speak
To her
I am not
a part of her 
Agenda

I do
Have a
Voice
Though

My words
Do speak
To
The ribs

They are 
Unshakeable 

my  canvas
Paint
breeds
Facts
Not
Suffocated
With
Gloss
called
Fantasy

I have
Lived
A Minute

My experiences 
Are Not
New
Or innovative 
Yet
They are
Mine
They
Are
Yours

They are
human

I won't pretend
Progressive 
Gaslighting
Is my
Friend

I won't 
Blindly 
Follow
Capitalistic 
Ideology
Ignoring
That It
Too
Have systematically 
Oppressed 
My brothers
And sisters
In humanity

I will however
Draw
Out my 
Quill
And
Stain
Society
With the
Right to be
An
Individual 
To speak
Over those
Who
Control
 
Nothing
Wrong
In being
A patriot

It is here that
I draw the 
Line
and will
Not 
Submit 

when
did having
A passion
For your
Country
Make you 
An
Undesirable ?

when did
facts
become
Irrelevant?

Fighting
For social justice
behind a veil
Of untruths
and misrepresentations
widens the divide

there is enough 
racism out there
without
having to put
a scarlet letter
on those who
Only sin
Is they
oppose 
your Marxist
Mandate 

Not everyone
Who perceives
things
differently
is a demon

Some of us
Just want to
Live independently 
To breathe
On our
Own