When I showed you the place
Where I became a paper doll
Here is a poem I wrote in response to re-reading The Hate U Give after the murders of George Flloyd and Breonna Taylor sparked national protests…
Lost in the city lights
Under the starlit sky
Can I borrow your passionate soul one more time?
The way you wield such power in your blind optimism
“Pick which statement fits you the best: Do you like to work with people or do you find people annoying?”
Wow, there’s not a lot of variation in that question. I picked “find people annoying” because that was the truth.
I crawl out of the dream
and shake the predator
Whispers say the end is near.
It’s as if God decided it’s time for the love to come back around.
You bring ineffable beauty
into a world that has never known it before.
You bring infinite love
into a world whose hatred seeps through
Oh my, my, my