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"A Poem"

posted Feb 23, 2017, 6:20 AM by Chris Janotta


Anonymous


I SEE HUMANS BUT NO HUMANITY


WE'RE STILL CHAINED IN THE LAND OF THE FREE


PEOPLE SAY, "TRY HARD, YOU'LL DO GREAT"


BUT HOW CAN I DO ANYTHING WHEN IM SURROUNDED WITH HATE



MY PEOPLE ARE DYING


MY BLACK MOTHERS ARE CRYING


WE'RE LOSING OUR LIVES, DYING FOR SIMPLY EXISTING


BUT YOU GO HOME, AND GET TO KISSING


YOUR KIDS, YOUR WIVES, YOUR HUSBANDS


WHILE WE'RE STRUGGLING, AND STILL GETTING NOTHING


GOING NOWHERE


CAN'T YOU HEAR THEM?


WAILING IN THE STREETS


PRAYING FOR JUSTICE


HOPING FOR PEACE?



CAN'T YOU SEE THEM?


STANDING ALONG THE ROAD


HAND IN HAND, FIGHTING AGAINST THE COLD


TEARS FLYING IN THE WIND, MORE STORIES TO BE TOLD


CAN YOU FEEL WHAT THEY FEEL?


WATCHING ANOTHER OFFICER KILL


ONE OF THEM, ONE OF THEIRS


ITS A HEART, WE ALL SHARE


BUT ITS BEING TORN, BIT BY BIT


AFTER EVERY HIT, EVERY HIT


EVERY BULLET RIPPIN THROUGH THE AIR


WE SHOUT, WE SCREAM, AND WE ROAR


BLACKLIVESMATTER


CAUSE THEY DON'T MATTER TO NO ONE ANYMORE


ITS OUR WAR CRY






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