Time And Place is a poem written by Lynn White and shared with The Ugly Writers under the theme Steadfast for the month of May
Time And Place
What did he do
that little boy
when he Resisted
the Occupation,
for that was the charge
against him.
If he killed,
it seems
it was a soldier
out of place
illegally placed
in that place.
But sometimes
in some places
illegal becomes legal
and resistance is criminal.
Sometimes
in those places,
to exist
is crime enough
for some,
those
whose childhood is stolen
whose youth is stolen
whose land is stolen
like that boy
in that place
where power
not law
defines legality.
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