Scorpion

The Start

  It was a pretty normal day in quarantine for me. Seeing Twitter memes about the pandemic at hand. They weren't really that funny but I found them calming since humor is my coping mechanism.

That is when I first see it. A video of a black man struggling to breathe under the knee of a white officer. My thoughts kinda scramble for a moment trying to process what I'm seeing in front of me.

I can't keep watching as it was too much for me but I repost it to Instagram spreading my thoughts on the video to the small number of followers and friends I do have.

I just kept having an urge to want to do more but I would have no idea where I would even start. I decided to get off my phone for a while and do my skincare routine since it's already 11:07 and I haven't done anything but look at my phone.

My day goes by as normal until night hits. I finish my night time routine and I get ready to stay up until 3 AM like always. I get in my bed and go to Instagram.

The first post I see. Fire. Rioting. Yelling. Screaming. The Chants. No Justice. No Peace. No Racist. Police. The hit me hard but in a good way. That urge I have been feeling is finally being satisfied. I go to watch live video as people riot and light things on fire.

I was a little conflicted as I went to bed because I love the rioting but burning down builds wasn't really my type of activism. I just settled on the fact that they were doing it for a good reason and fell asleep.

Morning

I woke up and immediately went to your Instagram because you want to see what was done. Almost every post I saw was about George Floyd. I finally knew his name.

I was starting to see people protests and hold vigils for him. I felt really pumped up from everything that was being said and all the information being told. I felt like this was finally getting dealt with in the way in the way it should be.
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Aye, what's up? What's good? I hope y'all doing well. Listen this is my first time making something like this so if y'all have some constructive criticism on how I should say or do something please let me know although please say it nicely I'm sensitive.