She rolls her eyes,
"All lives matter."

I roll up my sleeves,
"Yeah, but you're not dead."

All lives matter,
Yeah sure whatever.
Your life didn't matter as much to me,
When we thought my mom was dying,
When the coma happened,
When the car crash happened.

This isn't your tragedy,
Feel empathy
Feel sympathy,
But don't talk to me
About your vapid apathy.

All lives matter.
******* *******,
You just want to be included.

My life didn't matter,
When I was on the brink or the edge or when I craved to walk towards a light,
Because you were having mommy issues.

Do not tell me that
Anything matters to you.

We cannot fix this
Dilemma
This atrocity
With violence.
We can fix it
With powerful words
And small solutions
That over time will benefit
My children,
And yours.
And their children.
And their children's children's children's children.
It will take years,
Or decades
But it will be worth it.

I will not raise a fist,
I will not raise my voice.
As you slash and slash and fire and fire
And scream in my face,
Yelling over my words.

You're screaming:
"ALL LIVES MATTER, WE NEED TO BE INCLUDED. INCLUDE EVERYONE. AN EYE FOR AN EYE. A HAND FOR A HAND."

And all I whisper while you scream,
Your wretched saliva staining my cheeks where tears used to stream, but will no longer.
"We wanted peace, so we stand together."

We're called the United States
For a reason.

Buy a dictionary.
It might help you out.