No integrity to their written word

For I have held it up

In black and white

Watched it disintegrate

Wept over its disservice

Pondered words without meaning

With their false sense of security

Armed to discourage outrage

These words of weightless blockades

The secret code to oppose

Any chance to correct

Destructive facilities are not serviceable

As the silent witness will testify

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. No integrity to their written word speaks to the betrayal of language under institutional power — when official words are emptied of truth and used not to repair harm, but to obstruct accountability.

This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.