Friday, December 5, 2014

We the People

We the people of the United States
In order to form a more perfect union
We have fought and we will keep fighting.
We have marched and we will keep marching.
We the people are angry.
Do you hear us, you untouchable gods?
As our lightning flashes
As our voices thunder in the streets
As the cries of the outraged beat upon skyscrapers
As the feat of the living pound the pavement of the dead
Hands up
Don't shoot
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
Hands up
Don't shoot
I can't breathe.
Why gods, do you not weep
As those you protect are weeping?
Vengeance is power.
A blinding rod of control
Can you not see, even through our eyes
What you now have wrought?
Hands up 
Don't shoot
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe.
--12.4.14