Dear Truth,
Why must you avoid the ones
Who need to see you the most?
Only very few in the background
Know who you are
Yet that is not enough.
I pray that one day
You are brave enough to expose yourself
To the face of authority
Before another anti-abortion law is passed
And before another black citizen
Is whipped—I mean shot.

Dear Hope,
You have been away
For a while now
And I miss you.
If you are not to come back to me
Then please do us all a favor
And stay in Sudan for a while
For victims need you more than I do

Dear Attention,
You are turned onto the things
That aren’t as bad as the death
of human lives
Why must you point the billionaires
Towards the wrong direction?
We need you to look at people in need
The same way you looked at
The burning building

We need all of you back
Before 22 million more people are




Gone.