I am graffiti

You may know me by the hatred you bear

You may know me from the beautiful streets you once happened to walk on

You may recognize me  from the news you control ever so…diligently

You may recognize me from the wall you stared at whilst a single tear rolled down your cheek

ever

so

slowly

We might happen to share identical features including…colors

But that is where our similarities come to an end

Our conflict lies within our differences

I know an incredible amount about you sir, I think it’s time you got to know just as much about

me

I am a message that should be acknowledged

I am art blinded by a curse from the past

I am ballistic expression

I am admirable

I am despicable

I am beauty coated by the viscid and dark paint of YOUR paintbrush atop MY canvas

I represent the aftermath of the bloodshed you waged on the land where lambs and mockingbirds reside

I will be an immortal representative

I will never cease to exist

I am an eternal flame

I am the people

I am merely words yet one should be reminded that

still water

runs

deep

I am truth written in colours

I am truth written in style

I am a voice of the people

My message will stay for a while

 

Can you really say the same?