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Nothing May 2020
Can you hear it
gasps of breath a song
can you see it
dancing white on poor black
can you smell it
the black stench of
a corpse dead within
injustice in the utopia

Can you hear it
the pleads of black corpse
a plead for humanity
Can you see it
the utopian paint being peeled away  
away
can you smell it
smell truth being spilled over
can you smell it
can you smell new layers of paint being
put over the brief truth
In memory
Of a man
Who was killed
As if not human

In recognition
that racism exists strong beneath sugared denial

In hope
That one day
no matter our race or religion
we can all see each other as equal
Nothing May 2020
t h o u g h t s
r  u  n    s  c  a  t  t  e  r  e  d
l     i     k     e         l      e     a     v     e     s
n                    o                          w

l   e    a     v       i      n        g
           o               n                   e
l o   s        t

R  u     s   h   i      n   g     a     r    o   u n     
u   n      t     i       l                  
g.        o.      n.          



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  May 2020 Nothing
Remi
Lies not visible
If hearts were transparent, then
We would truly see
First poem! So excited to join the Hello Poetry community :D
Nothing May 2020
Why
For what reason is
The little bird kicked out of
the nest
It was different

For what reason does
rotting flesh of fellows
fertilise the ground
They were caught between a
match of boars
Nothing May 2020
this website is now
my procrastination space
save yourselves while can
Nothing May 2020
Whichever fire passed along
is long gone
its ashes lost or camouflaged
in ground stained
from red rain

Regret stinks along the
battle ground aeons later
shock frozen onto
wherever their faces had
not been marred

fight for glory
die unknown
fie the enemy
until one in state

the price of heroism
a never ending audio
of fellow screams

from red grow red
honour the names
written in dirt and ash
and blood, to be trampled over
by desperate comrades

names tethered
to the ground
layer upon layer
drowning in each other
'till forgotten
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