No Justice, No Peace

    This is a bit different than what I've been doing with my other posts. I'm bringing awareness to BLM. I'm just going to keep it short and simple. This is a piece of poetry that I think people should read and comment on because it's a very real issue that's happening right under our noses and we've been ignoring it this whole time. Black. Lives. Matter. Period. Even as a person of color, I will never understand what you go through. But I stand with you.

You think you aren't privileged?

Imagine being black

You're shopping at a corner store

And a cop puts his weight on your back

That's the story of George Floyd

Suffocated by police

He was crying for his mother

And screaming "I can't breathe!"

Now consider Breonna Taylor

Sleeping in her house

When cops broke in through her front door

And lit a flame no one can douse

They first shot her scared boyfriend

Who fell dead to the floor

Then they shot Taylor over eight times

And just waltzed out her door

And what about Atatiana Jefferson?

Who was at home with a child

Her eight-year old nephew had to see

On his aunt bullets being piled

Or think about Stephon Clark!

Who was just in his grandma's backyard

No more gruesome death can compare

To what Clark's grandmother saw

These are just four people of thousands

Who are recently deceased

Help make a difference by protesting

No justice, no peace

By writing this poem I'm not degrading any specific race. I'm exercising my right to speech, my right to post anything as long as it's not making someone feel bad, and my right to protest. If you don't like something I post, you don't need to tell me. It's not exactly important. But this is something I believe in, so I'm posting about it. Just a reminder that Black lives matter and that we were made equal. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿