Imagine

Imagine with me a world where it’s safe to walk the streets at night,

 Instead of filled with fear and paranoia

Imagine with me a world where people bring each other up,

 Instead of holding them down.

Imagine with me a world where our elderly are exalted and cared for,

 Instead of treated with disdain and pity

Imagine a world with me a world where we went to war to save people,

 Instead of to save oil

Imagine with me a world where the standard of beauty is one that raises all women,

 Instead of demeaning and stolen

Imagine with me a world where a black president is the norm,

 Instead of making history

Imagine with me a world where the police protected and served,

 Instead of hid behind their badges and guns.

Imagine with me a world where a single mother could raise her children to be able to stand on there own,

 Instead of being shamed and looked down upon

Imagine with me a world where our prisons, weren’t filled passed capacity,

 Allowing real criminals to wander free and young kids are left to rot because an example needed to be made

Imagine with me a world where all teachers cared for there students,

 Instead of making tenure

Imagine with me a world where we didn’t need to create awareness,

 Because people are already aware and want to do better

Imagine with me a world where obesity isn’t an epidemic,

 Because our children are given actual food

Imagine with me a world where children can play outside unsupervised,

 Instead of monitored online

Imagine with me a world where education and hard work are rewarded

Imagine with me a world where whom I marry is my choice,

 Instead of a right that needed to be fought for

Imagine with me a world where rape isn’t a culture

Imagine with me a world where religion isn’t known for promoting hatred,

 Instead of offering love

Imagine with me a world where our churches didn’t burn, or sons didn’t die in the streets by the people who were meant to protect them

Imagine with me a world where our children didn’t grow up with fear of being killed for no reason other than being black

Imagine with me a world where I didn’t need to write this poem,

 Because everyone already knew.