Vending display from Ed-U-Cation lecture in Atlanta Jan. 7.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. - Alice Walker
Yesterday was the National Day of Protest to End Police Brutality. The family of Joetavius Stafford was present - along with FTP Movement, the...
So far removed from your shoes
Your place in that unbearable space.
Waiting for that unmentionable day
My hands shake,
My heart breaks,
My light dims as days fade.
WAIT…
Wait…
wait…
This is surely no honorable fate,
To die, pre-determined, by another man’s decree –
A judge’s signature despite the pleas
Of innocence.
Makes no sense…
A blood lust lurks in those determined to save face
Refusing to acknowledge their colleague’s mistakes.
The judicial system has a “stop snitching” code too,
Powerful enough to seal the plight of me and you