Black

 

To be aware is not enough

They have been killed, misjudged, tortured.

It wasn't that they were not tough

They have been labelled, feared and murdered. 

The injustice was too much to bear

they have been protesting for way too long

It shouldn't be so hard to just hear

them out, for ages, their kind has been reciting the same song

We are all made of the same material

flesh and bones and some air

in pandemic times it feels so surreal 

as we lay in their care

they are amongst us, they are with us

for years doing their parts 

yet we have created a mess

for years shutting our hearts

we are all the same 

black white brown pale

even when the virus came

we had the same tale

Let us stop this hatred

baseless enmity and fears

we are the children of One sacred 

Father to whom we pray for our life in tears

Let's love each other

regardless of who or where 

we are from.