Know This

Reckoning

Photo Credit: Laura Andreuccetti via Unsplash

Stop, just stop
lying, misogyny, disrespect, gaslight & redirect
intentional brainwash in persistent pattern

don’t hate me because I see you
see me because I know
what you have stolen

pay attention, I cannot be unseen
I am every woman, girl, female, human
know this, because I say with action

I am a natural danger, a seismic sea wave

#SayHerName . . . Queen

©2020 afm/monkeyhousepoetry

• *songVibe: U.N.I.T.Y. — Queen Latifah

*Author’s note: #SayHerName is a social movement that seeks to raise awareness for black female victims of police brutality and anti-black violence in the United States.