I CAN'T BREATHE
By RRA
I can’t breath
He said
Now we honor his death
Sadden
Horrified
And vengeful
We sit with this weight
The weight of his death
This!
This
Hasn’t been the only one
Hasn’t been the only time
Hasn’t been the only son
Hasn’t been the only daughter
This world has lost
Because of their skin
Because of their body
Not because what they did
We morn
We cry out
Our suffocated screams
Bring about
A Revolution
And riots
That tear down the meaning
The meaning of our stance
“No more violence”
We plead
Yet instead of focusing on a solution
We fight about the problem
Bastard
Hero
Bad
Good
Cop
Police
Fuzz
Killer
“Stop”
“Please stop”
“We are humans”
I shout
“Not bad not good, human”
I am ignored
I am unworthy
Unworthy to support a cause
As great as this
I have no say
And yet I say
“Stop, stop, stop”
“Please stop killing”
“Please stop rioting”
“Please stop refusing to watch”
“Refusing to accept”
“Please”
I beg
He can’t breath
But we can’t live
till this is fixed
We can’t live
Because he couldn’t breath