~Poems~

We Never Thought

We never thought this could happen

We played it safe and thought this hatred acted on was a thing of the past

We never thought about the danger of being alive

Our lives are constantly built on resistance

Our every breath is defiance and our love is rebellion

We never thought there'd be a rise in the market for the black sheep's wool again

You mourn us today, but will you protect us tomorrow?

Or will you buy the black sheep's wool?

Every day we wander around, like today can't be the day before a tragedy

Bloody handprints and screams are ingrained in their minds

We never thought this could happen

We walked too tall and our heads became challenging targets

Now we crawl on all four, hoping to get low enough to not be seen

Tomorrow we commit more resistant, defiant and rebellious acts

We never thought this could happen