why do you hate me?
why do you make me
hate me? ::
why is it that my breathing
could prompt my death
why is it that
you believe locking me up in a cage
is when i am my best
in shambles ::
being leashed the same way my ancestors were
i get virtue
i get to be friends with your daughters and sons
i get to live in a world
where i'm me ::
and you won't allow me the right to enjoy it?
what makes you better than me?
what makes you better than trayvon
better than alton
better than all the people
you so innocently murdered?
Dedicated to: Alton Sterling, Trayvon Martin, and any other families that have been affected by police brutality. I stand with you.
YOU ARE READING
sonder
Poetrythe realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
