I think I still got a
Scenario in my head
Where my poems get erased
By a racist cos I talk about
Black people, the truth about
Them….and the white supremacy
That makes some readers triggered…..

People are bannin
Books on black history
From the library
From schools
They might even take
Them off from the readin apps
I may not be surprised…

White people
Are scared…..

It’s why they pull
Dr. Frances Cress Welsing isis papers
Book out, Malcolm x,
Books on black panther
Even poetry about revolution
And freedom….

As a writer
If they mute my mic
And white out my words
Cos I only ink the truth
Honestly
My feelings will get hurt….

If my black poetry gets too popularized,
And they will come after
I might have a fear
I might feel bad
Yet I see more black people readin

They’re learnin more about their history
More observant….

When we get more intelligent,
White people tend to be more afraid…,
They decided to change our own narratives
So they can be comfortable
I don’t like that….

I don’t want colonizers
To edit my blackness…
I don’t want Coons to persuade
Me how I should write
Only cos
White people feel the need to coddle….
No
They
Don’t
Need
Anythin else
They will be alright in their guilt trip….
Sometimes they need to get used to gaslight
When it comes to the facts…..

Like slaves built this country….
Like sayin white supremacy
When they get red
They tried to explain with a stutter
Just cos of white fragility Is holdin
Them back…..

They knew what’s goin on
It’s why their expression is written
In their silence
Showin off their true colors

I bet white readers read a black poem by
A black poet, and get offended
They would want to lynch that poet
Like strange fruit….

I’m sure they would want me
On a tree….

I’m keepin it real….
Bet those thoughts would never goes away…..

Like think about it for a second
I’m not sayin all white readers
But some white readers who would pick
Up African American poetry book
About racism white supremacy
They do get triggered….
They be like get over it
It’s possible to get those poems banned
From the library from the bookstore
I wouldn’t be surprised
Yet they forgot black people who read also
Enjoyin the books….

To some white readers
They don’t even want black people
To read these uprisin black unity…
They can use their systematic power
To do so….

And it’s another scenario….
I don’t wanna be in those types of situations
Where my voice for black people goes
To vanish cos of white readers
Cos of what I said
So what they feel uncomfortable

Racism needs to be talked about
To write about….
Though white supremacy is willin to rewrite
The definition to create more confusion….
Like they will always rewrite history

And i know they will not allowed
My poems to be on public display
Cos they’re all about black people
And white supremacy the kind of subject that
They wanna erase forever…and they wanna keep
Repeatin the violent behavior against the black
Race over and over again….without even single word
Spoken about it….💯✊🏿©️ Kai C. 2-13-23