Tyre

As I wake up again
woke to my heart and eyes bleeding
it is seared into my memories

You didn’t do anything
I didn’t do anything-
but it didn’t matter

For this system
What you did
What we did
was to be born
into a life sentence
whilst we just try to get home

Batons, bullets, fists,
tasers, insults
out of breath
yet still we speak up
yet still we rise
still we riot

From Rodney King
to George Floyd
to Tyre Nichols
We still wait

For Our Justice to happen