Page 58 - Everyone a Writer Anthology 2021

Black Lives Matter
Can you hear us as the glass shatters?
A person’s skin is seen as a threat
Just one look and your mind’s already set
Pull out your guns and tasers
Protect the white girl, we must save her
Your badge does not put you above the law
Don’t act so innocent, we know what we saw
Anti-quarantine protesters with weapons that kill
While BLM movement is armed with milk
We live in a world full of disease
And no, I’m not talking about Covid-19
Racism, a disease that’s been killing for years
Another life lost, another mother brought to tears
I CAN’T BREATHE
I CAN’T BREATHE
We hear you George Floyd, your death is not something the giver can avoid
How can you say that “All Lives Matter” if black lives don’t?
This generation will not stand for this injustice
Fight for those privilege is lesser
Silence is just as bad as the oppressor
Say their names and say them loud
I hope they’re looking down and are proud
Taking a knee during the anthem, what a disrespect
But a knee to a knee to a black man’s throat is taking out a threat
1963 MLK Jr. had a dream
Yet we’re still fighting in 2020
I may be one voice but I will be heard
I will fight for what’s right, you have my word.

Alfreda Nagbe, Y7
Meadowhead

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