Omniscient.
You claim to be.
Preeminent amongst all others,
Yet can’t you see?
Ignorance is bliss,
Or so you contend,
A dangerous game
Of willful pretend.
Omniscient.
It dances on your tongue,
To a grievous melody
That can’t go unsung.
Your knowledge is limited,
Subdued by a chain,
Wholly incapable
Of understanding their pain.
Omniscient.
You claim to be.
Preeminent,
Amongst all others,
Yet can’t you see?
Your silence is deadly,
A hostile foe.
A vicious antagonist.
The new Jim Crow.
Melanie Diaz is a political science major and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies minor at DePaul University. She enjoys traveling and humanitarian work, focusing on the relationships between the Global North and South, resulting in her having lived in eight different countries, with international volunteering, independent study, and non-profit work under her belt. She enjoys writing as a creative outlet and as a way of forming connections with others.