WRIGHTS is a poem by Alnyejuywon M Johnson-Wilks. Wilks is an “adventurous soul with a lively pen.” The following poem won the Philly Plain Dealer Poetry Submission contest and is published in the Philly Plain Dealer Second Print Edition which will be publicly available 11/11/2025.

WRIGHTS

What is written
Our rights
on paper, ink and all
Why does it seem that the idea of democracy will fall?
In time or not at all,
No peaceful protest will change their will its as tough as a titanium wall.
We can’t stall, our precious brethren fall!
Do you feel nothing at all?
If we THE DEMOCRACY stall, what will happen to us all?
Will this tyrant get to rule all?
Or will we band together in blood to bring justice to our streets
show these fucks that we will protect our streets
Give them A million times what they have sown into our lives

By Alnyejuywon M Johnson-Wilks