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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