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…
The way you wield such power in your blind optimism
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
Respect is an essential word,
A simple thing, is it not?People are supposed to give it to each other,
Like a stocking stuffer for ChristmasSelf-respect is a commodity- it’s exchangeable,