Wrongfully Detained

Just in case you're unaware,

There are many folks out there

Who sadly have been rounded up

And wrongfully detained.

 

A president who's unrelenting

And WHO is always circumventing

Laws is pushing cruelty;

In him that is ingrained.

 

He called his act a state of war

And sent folks to El Salvador

Where many were mistreated; they

Were tortured and abused.

 

A lot of people living here

Are forced to live in constant fear

Of what the government might do

And methods being used.

 

Folks are snatched from off the street.

Plain-clothed, masked, and indiscreet,

The "agents" representing ICE

Are really crooks and thugs.

 

Citizens are targets, too.

If YOU are one, what would you do

If you were stopped and held for hours

Or days? But Trump just shrugs.

 

Is this what we've come to be?

What happened to the land where we

Believed in rights, due process, and

The vital rule of law?

 

Republicans in Congress! How

Can they support what's happening now?

Ask them what they think and they

Will merely hem and haw.

 

The situation we are in--

I mean the color of our skin--

Can put a target on our backs,

As cruel as that might sound.

 

Don't let silence be your guide.

Be vigilant and open-eyed.

Empty the detention camps

And burn them to the ground.

 

-by Bob B (7-26-25)

Reviews

[Neha agrawal]

Poetry like this reminds us that words can still stand up and fight.

[Bob B]

There is so much we have to fight for nowadays with so many fascist-type rulers taking control.