What I saw with my eyes

I saw the best minds of my generation 

stand and watch a bully 

rise to the podium

I saw the best minds of my generation

create another holocaust while trying to heal a genocide of hate.

I saw the best minds of my generations

turn the words I love you into a battle cry.

I saw the best minds of my generation

throw their brains in the trash to adopt this new trend of hate.

I saw the best minds of my generations

doubt the young people 

and saw their interest in politics as a trend.

I saw the best minds of my generations

draw a pipeline through my history book.

I saw the best minds of generations

suck the color out the sky

and divide it  into sections

black or white.

I saw the best minds of my generation

paint a rainbow in blood

I saw the best minds of my generation

entertain fear

I saw the best minds of my generations

try to grow flowers out of the darkest corners of hope.

Try to develop new colors with the  colors black and white.

they took the bones of the dead and cracked them 

open and found the scrolls to the answer of universal peace.

But I saw the best minds of my generations

line up tanks while trying to create peace.

I saw the best minds of generations

be inclusive but they forgot the minorities.

Yes, I saw the best minds of my generations 

create life while creating death 

and shooting ones who were fighting for a better future,a better tomorrow in hopes of meeting the horizon.