They say the skint don\u2019t understand the law,
\nThat hunger clouds the mind and dulls the sight;
\nFrom marble halls, they judge without a flaw,
\nAssuming need is proof of lesser light.<\/p>\n
But those who wait where coffers never land
\nCan read the cost of silence line by line;
\nThey know how power slips from hand to hand,
\n And how each promise fades with borrowed time.<\/p>\n
The suit believes that wisdom wears tie,
\nThat speech grows smarter higher up the stair;
\nYet truth is learned where families ask \u201cwhy\u201d
\nAnd govern life with almost nothing there.<\/p>\n
If leaders paused to listen, not to instruct,
\nThey\u2019d find a knowledge shaped by wounds and care,
\nThe skint aren\u2019t blind to how the rules are struck;
\nThey simply weren\u2019t the ones allowed to chair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reflective poem showing that in the eyes of the affluent, the impoverished are often viewed as ignorant, yet in reality, they possess a dep understanding of injustice, power, and broken promises, despite not being given the chance to be heard or lead.<\/p>\n
P.S.
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