All Lives Matter



Doctor King’s dream was clear,
But the police don’t seem to care.
Blacks are still being treated unfair.
Mama, don’t shed another tear.

There are riots in the streets.
I wonder if we’ll ever live in peace.
It’s like a repeat of the sixties.
Some of them will be arrested.

Don’t matter if we’re yellow or brown.
We don’t need to be gunned down.
So, drop your weapons y’all.
Another brother doesn’t need to fall.

Some say there’s improvement,
We don’t need the civil rights movement.
Obama became President,
But I say that’s irrelevant.

All lives matter but consider the facts.
Who’s being beaten and shot in the back?
At age 14 Emmett Till shouldn’t be dead.
Or should Samuel DuBose been shot in the head.

24 unarmed black men killed in 2015.
All shot by police though a gun wasn’t seen.
David Felix died for stealing a purse.
Many go unpunished for doing far worse.

Anthony Hill was an air force vet.
Shot and died because of mental illness.
Charly Keunang was homeless.
Shot multiple times and died regardless
 
 Adapted from Dr. King Dream in "The Cry of our Children."
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The Cry of our Children: Poems by Ruth Garnes


 

 

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