My house is on fire
And all you do is sit and stare
My house is on fire
And all you say is “it wasn’t my fault”
Your knees on my neck
Have me choking
I can barely breathe,
But what do you care ?
Have a become a monster?
When you say that all lives matter
All houses matter
I get you,they do.
But please
Be human for a second
All the houses on the block are safe
But mine keeps BURNING DOWN
Every second you’re silent
Every second you pretend to not see color
Every second you act neutral
The ashes are too many
All tears have been dried
All hearts have been numbed.
It didn’t start yesterday
it’s been happening for too long
Why do you choose to be toxic and bitter
When love is being served at the table as well?
So I heard you saying you don’t know
Heard you saying you’re neutral you’re not picking a side
Ignorance is not bliss
These lines are too vivid
To be blurred .
The truth’s in the eye
But your’s to the side
You deprive me of what isn’t yours to give and I wonder how well you sleep at night.
I’m tired of the cycle
Your absence and your silence now that my house is on fire is so much louder
Than the pats on the back
The pitiful glances
The hands you put together for me
Praising me for being strong, reminding that isn’t what I want to be.
I want to be safe
I want to be happy
So everytime I come out of a fire you have done nothing to stop
Don’t act like you care
Don’t praise me for my strength
Stop reminding me
That when I was choking
And you were breathing just fine
You slept just right
Knowing maybe I won’t be here tomorrow.
(in remembrance of people that have suffered due to racial discrimination: dead or grieving)