SONNET FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER

We've come too far in this day and time
To live with daily strife,
But every time I turn around
There's a loss of another black life.

That in itself ain't nothing new
Except that the shooters are wearing blue,
The blue that says "serve and protect"
But what you gonna do when the target is you?

Tension is rising, there is anger and rage,
No answers ease the pain,
A black boy's life suddenly comes to an end
Is enough to drive everyone insane.

But when's it gonna stop, when in the news
Shootings get all the press,
Black boys dying before their time
Is happening more than less.

It keeps blowing my mind in this day and time
Are we witnessing genocide?
Black lives taken both young and old
Some before they get to learn black pride.

Doesn't matter if they're not even caught in a crime
Or with evidence all around,
The end results is still the same
Another black body on the ground.

We keep crying out, keep giving a shout
Hoping those who serve and protect,
Will turn on their own and get the bad seeds
Still hiding among them yet.

Until that day I don't see any peace
No justice is in the news,
It's so hard to say, "Cops ain't all bad"
When the killers still dress in blue.

So I pray, dear Lord, for the killing to cease
That's fed by fear and hate,
For when the end comes You will be judge
And Your judgment will end the hate.