We Are All Human: A Black Lives Matter Poem
Is it that we’re black?
Because that’s how it feels
But why?
We are all human
The 1400’s started this all
With our hands up against a wall
Getting pat down for being black
Is there anyway we could go back?
Back to the days where everything was okay?
Where we didn’t have to worry
About committing a “crime”
The days police officers didn’t make us cry
Wake up, look in the mirror
And ask myself
“Am I going to die?”
Wondering if i'll see my mom one last time
We are human
But it doesn’t feel right
Wrong.
To them this is okay
Is it their kids that are dying today?
They won’t ever know how it feels to be black
We wear a hat and we become a threat
When they see us they break a sweat
Not thinking twice before they pull that trigger
But it doesn’t matter right? Because i'm just a “n*****?”
They always said
Purity is white
It’ll never be equal between us two
Because we’re different colors
There’s nothing else to it
Black white and blue
Are just different shades
So why does it matter
It’s just a color isn’t it?
No.
Not to them.
Not to us.
Not to no one
Because we are black
But..
We are human.