Blind Justice

His mom thinks it’s justice for her son

But I know that me and him

both walked down the path

that was already planned for us

And we stepped onto

the tipping scales of Lady Justice

with her eyes blindfolded, peeking through slits

because that rag is so fucking old

worn-out, stretched thin, barely even there

Amal Shahid to the leftJeremy Mathis to the right

perfectly imbalanced

because where I come from

jail or death

were the two options she handed to us

because where he comes from

the American Dream

was the one option she handed to them

So here we are, blind Lady Justice

I see you, too