Crushed Under the Cross

Originally posted at https://dsserv.net/poetry/underthecross/.

Neon crosses blind us, crushing dreams
Sacred words twist to chains, crushing dreams

Preaching love but practicing only hate
Marginalized fates remain, crushing dreams

Rainbow flags torn, identities spurned
Brown skin threats ordained, crushing dreams

Walls built high with hypocrite prayers
Desperate cares disdained, crushing dreams

Their paradise, a hell for the oppressed
Christo-fascist reign crushing dreams

Thoughts and prayers become our bullets
Suffocating truths profaned, crushing dreams

From these ashes, we'll rise stronger still
Your cross's power waned, crushing dreams