Teeter

To understand the pain I feel 

Is to beg for death

And for death to deny you

Just as the world keeps denying

As they keep watching

Not questioning why we keep dying

Why we no longer wish to just hide

We yell, scream, and rise to fight

And yet...Everyday we feel our humanity die

The stories worsen

I pray for our sister Evelyn (Sincère)

A reality far too common in my world

I am angry

I am hurt 

I am tired

That we’ve killed due to our selfishness 

Our powerlessness..over our own lives

We take the lives of those we should protect

To understand the pain I feel 

Is to beg for life

And be immortalized as hashtags

- H.J