A mirror

 A mirror 

You know 

I was told not to 

Give white folks a 

Mirror…i was told 

To keep it to myself 

But i refused…

I broadcast it online 

Nobody,

Well I can't say 

Nobody 

Some people 

Study and let 

It settles deep 

Within…

Doesn’t 

Mean I hate,

It means 

This mirror of

Their wrongdoing

Their destruction 

Against the humanity 

Is still an issue..

It's the patterns of issues 

That these white folks 

Turn the cheek and 

Ban my voice…

Yet not a lot 

Of them read my poems 

I think they back away 

Or say ok, Kai in their minds 

Or they don’t pay attention 

All at once…

Cos not everyone is goin to 

Look at the mirror….

Not everyone will agree

Maybe they think 

I'm cruel…

And shouldn't give the mirror 

That exposes white folks…

I always thought about 

Those types of situations 

Where black leaders gave 

White supremacy a mirror 

They got assassinated…

This is why 

Mirrors ain't allowed 

In the classrooms 

Or at a job

We're not suppose to 

Discuss Mirrors of 

White people…

Not even on social media 

And oh here we are 

Showin them a mirror 

Still they turned their heads 

In another direction…

Do you believe in karma?

Karma has a mirror 

That they can never run away 

From… they could express 

They're white…but whiteness doesn't 

Keep them from consequences…

Since they don't want a mirror 

I gave them 

Let karma handle that…

Even some white people

Have to face the mirror 

Themselves…

They don't like what they see

They don't like how their system 

Harmed nonwhite people…

✊🏾💯©️ Kai C. 8-17-25