"ahmaud" poems
Given the chance
We would all help George to breathe
And Ahmaud to complete his run
And leaving a bird watcher to bird watch
In the hope that he sees that rarest sighting
That still remains to be seen,
A life uninterrupted
where he doesn’t have to be concerned about his next breath
or the weight of one-sided history
Bearing down on his neck,
Or a virus
Filling his lungs with poison
A cytokine storm of oppression
Cutting life spans short
Leaving us without viable treatment,
As It’s stated matter of factly
“we might have to live with this for the foreseeable future”,
And four hundred years on
there’s still no vaccine
For separate and unequal treatment
In an injustice system
That’s become genocide ad seriatim?
Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020 at 5:59 PM UTC
Innocent and black
Killed for no reason
We all live together
This is only treason
Another death for being black
Ahmaud and George may be gone
Now let them rest in paradise
And may we let his soul live on
Being black is not a crime
You shouldn’t have to die
This is truly sickening
Even if your white don’t lie
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020 at 10:02 AM UTC
Did George Floyd’s life matter?
Did Breonna Taylor’s life matter?
Did Ahmaud Arbery’s life matter?
Did Eric Garner’s life matter?
Did Trayvon Martin’s life matter?
Did Mike Brown’s life matter?
Did Tamir Rice’s life matter?
Did Keith Childress’ life matter?
Did Bettie Jones’ life matter?
Did Philando Castille’s life matter?
Did Michael Noel’s life matter?
Did Jamar Clark’s life matter?
Did Michael Lee Marshall’s life matter?
Did Dominic Hutchinson’s life matter?
Did Junior Prosper’s life matter?
Did Keith McLeod’s life matter?
Did India Kager’s life matter?
Did Felix Kumi’s life matter?
Did Samuel Dubose’s life matter?
Did Darrius Stewart’s life matter?
Did Sandra Bland’s life matter?
Did George Mann’s life matter?
Did Jonathan Sander’s life matter?
Did Victor Laros’s life matter?
Did Spencer McCain’s life matter?
Did Jermaine Benjamin’s life matter?
Did Kris Jackson life matter?
Did Kevin Higgenbotham’s life matter?
Did Amadou Diallo’s life matter?
Did Oscar Grant’s life matter?
Did Calvon Reid’s life matter?
Did William Chapman’s life matter?
Did Walter Scott’s life matter?
All black / All unarmed / All murdered by US Police
Did Dylan Roof’s life matter?
Did Peter Manfredonia’s life matter?
Did Anthony Trifiletti’s life matter?
Did Patrick Crusius’ life matter?
Did James Holmes’ life matter?
All white / All murderers / All arrested peacefully by US Police
Unarmed blacks
Killed by US Police
5x unarmed whites
Black men and boys
Killed by US Police
2.5x white men and boys
This is why we kneel
This is why we march
This is why we protest
This is why we are mad as hell
This is why we are fed-up as well
This is why we riot
Riot is the language of voices unheard
When you respond
“All Lives Matter”
To our “Black Lives Matter”
You’re not listening
You didn’t hear
You don’t care
GTFOH
~ P
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020 at 3:38 AM UTC
you are your skin
your skin is good skin
my brothers, no one should be scared to raise you
your skin is good skin
black
black
each for times you were hurt
that’s all they saw
you are your skin
your skin is good skin
Ahmaud Arbery
May 6, 2020
May 6, 2020 at 11:21 PM UTC