01/22:POC

My prose Speaks Because… My Name

Angry and tired
Of America
Being in America
For this version of America

We are dying because of skin color
Privilege
Watching murderers get away with murder
How many times? How many ways?

Hands up, hands down
Hands that pull triggers
Everyone is vulnerable, capable
Shot up Justice, Lady Liberty and Humanity

What do my peers have?
Those tents don’t count
Those liars asking for a recount
Those scheming are sell outs

Who will blink first?
Why will this not be the last time?
When will they understand all of us?
How will we earn a teaspoon of respect?

I can pretend to be immune from these tragedies 
I know bullets have no names or faces
The gunshots are always louder in the neighborhood
The aftermath boils with thoughts and prayers

Just do one thing for me …remember

My name

- Woodrow Bailey

   

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