Literature
Our Nation is on Fire
Blazing burning buildings Shattered store windows Missing merchandise We don’t need your shit, but Is everyone paying attention now? African Americans walking through their streets Marching Chanting Demanding Shouting so we all will know--- We Are Here!!! We matter too!!! The racism our nation was built on, has to go! White privileged people watch horrified as Black people shed their shackles Sundown has no meaning Chaos seems to reign The world seems to have turned upside down or maybe its finally turning right side up This fire has been smoldering for centuries Black bodies have been shot down Over and over and over again…. They have been stepped over, on, and around The injustices against them invisible to most They’ve been looted by those sworn to protect Anyone but them When the fires are finally put out the smoke has finally cleared Will you continue to focus on the destruction, push the memories of decades and decades of systemic racism, to