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| Photo by SOLIDCOLOURS via Louisville Business First, June 12, 2020 |
My People stand
in the streets with masked faces
and painted signs,
to rage against,
not the “dying of the light,”
but the dying of our kind.
My Brother stands
eleven years old, holds
my hand when I
cry, because
the tear gas and bullets are loud,
and we can’t hear the chants of the crowd.
My Grandma stands.
Watches at the door when I go,
because the people
in our town that
she doesn’t know
look too much like they might call me
something.
The system stands
on the backs of its people.
On those who scream proud that
We want change.
That we want chains gone.
To be equal.
CeCe NeQuai is an Ohio based creator of poetry, fiction, screenplays, and films. She is a writing, film, and media student at Bowling Green State University. Keep up with CeCe NeQuai via Twitter at @nequai_
