Saving Our Sons, Healing Ourselves: Reflecting on Michael Brown. Photo by Jalani Horton
Virgin Islands Daily News Story on the Gathering in Case you Missed it…
On a day like today all I care to do is write
The sound of my own voice instigates a useless internal fight
Why does it surprise us when we know where we are
We should’ve already had a plan before the distraction got this far
Now we’re falling right into the senseless master plan
They don’t have to see your cards if you’re always showing them your hand
Is it really that impossible to think outside the box?
The strategy should be easier to see, we’re the ones that made the locks
But just because we did it’s the end of the discussion
We also make the keys so why we accepting this concussion
Wake up my people, it’s not time to act off of emotion
Let’s use this as a reminder, to ourselves we need devotion
It’s not that I don’t care or don’t see the reason to speak out
Sometimes when the noise is so loud, I’d just rather listen than shout
I’ve learned through our confusion; in the silence comes the solution
Get to the core, constant contact now needed even more
ReBuild. We are the resounding resolution
©DaraMonifah
Giving ThAnkhs for siStarQueens like Dena & Jahweh for bringing the V.I. solidarity gathering to life for the sake of our listening, learning, healing and re-building.
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