When you suppress
Repress
And oppress
Us
We call it violence
When we denounce
Repulse
And show our resilience
You pounce
On us
Calling our peaceful protests ‘violence’
Your action
Caused reaction
Conflict of purposes
‘Unity’ of opposites
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