A Sonnet on Injustice

They may choke you to death,
But silence you they cannot.
For in our every waking breath,
Lives on the resolve you've wrought.

They may shoot you down in place,
As they always fear the "other".
But your memory they can't erase,
No matter how much they smother.

Floyd, Taylor, Arbery, and Rice,
Martin, Grant, Garner, and more.
We have paid too high a price,
But festers on this bleeding sore.

Justice is not just a word,
It is what leads us to the light.
In us the passion you've stirred,
Makes us strive to set things right.

Easy 'tis for us to despair,
At a problem that seems so deep.
But we all must do our share,
For as we sow, so shall we reap.

Forge we must a new peace that springs forth from a system that is truly fair.
The good Reverend said it best: injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere. ✊