HATRED
So ingrained into our society
Our media
Our conversations
The world is ticking
tick
tick
Ticking
Begging for change
Begging for revolution!
Tear Gassed Eyes
Rubber bullet wounds
Broken Windows
Cars aflame
Store Owners blood
Spilling across pavement
Tick
Tick
Ticking
So much violence
Hatred,
Closed ears
Shut-off hearts
Tick
Tick
Ticking
What would happen if we could open our ears for a moment?
What would it be like if we thought of all life as being precious?
To want to celebrate both African American lives
and the lives of our police officers?
What would it be like to find that middle ground?
What if we could stop the
Tick
Tick
Ticki—
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