ENOUGH
To explain my aching heart it
Would take a million buckets to catch my falling tears
Tears coming from my Ancestors that fought so hard so we wouldn't have to
Never imagined that what I've learned and what I was taught I would see
Heart breaking
World shattering
Seeing my brothers fall to the ground with their hands up
Over what?
Because being black in America is a crime
for so long they've wanted us gone
Now they are taking us out one by one day by day
I refuse to see the next brotha' being taken out over a broke down car, selling cds or even reaching for his wallet
I'm scared for my father
My brothers
My uncles
My nephew
Being taught to love the brown skin you are in
You never would have thought you could lose your life because someone else hates it
Will the names of black people
that we're killed by cops be named in the future history books?
No, because to them it didn't happen and to them we are threat
I stand for #blacklivesmatter
And I value my people...
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:43
Good points strongly made. Keep writing.