#blacklivesmatter poems

Preston Reid Jul 2020

Outside

outside is getting violent

with people killing and getting killed wonder who is among the strong willed

outside is becoming empty

when a invisible devil reaping on the unready

outside is not ready

for what will come in this unjust and incompetent society if we don't stop killing and maybe start thinking who we have lost

I suffer from severe social anxiety and hardly leave my house but at this point Im happy I'm here and not out there but here's why I'm happy I'm on this side of the glass and what I see out of it

#sad #covid #blacklivesmatter #blm #scary #anxiety #mentalhealth

Vivian Zems Jul 2020

Chocolate and Vanilla

In life’s rearview
Rosa refused to stand
Nelson paid the price for his land
King’s dream was shattered by a bullet
which birthed more bullets for the chocolate man
Until we said NO MORE!

#blacklivesmatter #rosa #parks #nelson #mandela #martin #luther #king #jr

brandon mater Jul 2020

WHAT IS RACE

an outward appearance?
or an inward experience?
does it define a person?
or does the person define it?
has it divided the world?
or has the world divided it?
is it from my mother?
or rather my father?
does it carry stigma?
or stigma has carried it?
is black shame?
is white yaaay?
does it change?
or do you change it?
do you accept it?
or live in rejection?
is it a social construct?
or a biological classification?

if you have the answers
please let me know

#blacklivesmatter

imehsahdehahs Jul 2020

Noose

There is Nothing  between Us, but

That Ugly ****** Noose

my eyes are Shining, but

You didn't even turn around to Look

because of that Ugly ****** Nose

I sing you a Song for you love,

scream of the butterfly

As Soon as you turned around

You Turn your back

tell what happened?

is it because of my Skin? My race?

My Black Lips, body and hair?

Don't tell me it's not true

telling  me, it isn't  my fault!

Like i've done somethings

to feel guilty

for not being, What? White

Shut The **** Up!

who's running for office?

"how's Ye doin?"

is He Still wearing that hat?

That Red hat

Wash your Red hat

in this blood bath

signing that blood pact

Now you Chilling out with trump

watching

triumph of the will

My Visions our blurry

I can't breath

NO

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REAL

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C      A     N  '  T

B.          R.       E.      A.         T.        .H

PS:  A. How is that handsome Duke Doin'?

B. oh, Same old David, just like to hang

****** by the toe.

Send Noose

#blacklivesmatter #end #racism #ugly #****** #noose

Siya Mulge Jul 2020

The colour of my soul

As I travel back to my younger days,
I remember my occluded mind.
The doings of neighbourhood and community,

Being taught always,
Darkness is sorrow,
White light is where
Peace and beauty you'll find...

That black shirt needs no washing,
As you cannot see its furrow,
White ones should be cared...

Hide yourselves with a black cloth,
Show yourself off to the world
With an angel ring that's white....

My heart is about to rot,
My mind with agony was already whirled,
I shall now began to fight,
For my skin Is dark,
But is brighter than your soul...

Black lives matter

#blacklivesmatter #abstract #equality

Zuri E Jul 2020

Sweet Nothing!

words can stand empty like shrines of gods forgotten
and cave rooms inhabited by nothing
but stones and decay
people die
and fade as flowers do in anticipation
and then winter comes
things fall to the same dust
from which we were made and shall return
so to you who go before us; unafraid
I wish love was enough
to bring back the soul and make it marry body again
so that two can become one
and breathe life into you again
to make the world and this vacuum created
whole again
I love you even beyond death
and life itself
sway and sail away into the light
where you shall be clothed with warmth the world knows nothing about
- nothing left to say

#valid #blacklivesmatter #black #skin #death #love #africa #transition #hope #*****

Godfrey Ndlovu Jun 2020

Daddy's Note

Son,
Dark looks black
But black ain't dark

Dark is violent,
To mindless hate firmly strewn.
Fizzing wildly
Steering a mind sinister
To skim off the dews of love
From the lush hoards of your saintly spirit

But Son,

Black mirrors me
A generation soulful and strong

Black mirrors your mama,
A Calla lily blooming beneath the stunting shadows

& Son,
Black shall mirror you
A future so near
A people forever free.

I wrote this poem having been deeply stirred by the unfolding of an inclusive BLM worldwide.
The promise shall one day come true.
Love and the will to live conquers all.

#blm #love #injustice #blacklivesmatter #hate #inequality