Thursday, May 26, 2022

If That's All It Meant-Civil Rights Are Human Rights Series/BLM Series-Hope & Survivors Series

When you say....

All Lives Matter,

I could see what you mean, 

if that's all it

meant....


When you say....

You Don't Have To March,

I wonder

if you knew 

what's it's like,

to beg, chant, & gasp,

that your life matters too....


When you say....

If You Acted Right

You'd Be Ok,

I remember trying 

to be perfect,

but the color of my skin

was never enough....


When you say....

Let It Go & We Can Heal,

I think about 

who we lost,

who won't ever be,

& I can't understand

how you think it's so simple

to forget....


When I finally say....

My Life Matters,

because I fear for me,

my sisters, my brothers,

my friends, my family,

my church, my neighbors,

& even people I may never 

get to meet someday,

simply because of 

who I am....


 When all you say....

Is

All Lives Matter,

how I could I see what you mean,

when that's not all it 

really 

meant.


I wrote this in first person. It's how I put myself in someone else's shoes, & try to understand their truth....


I hold out hope, that someday, so many of us won't have to beg, chant, & gasp, that their lives mattered, too.


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#GeorgeFloyd #RIP #RestInPower #BLM








 




 


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