With knee on neck
And I can’t brea..
He breathed his last
And he can’t see
What happened next
What happened next
Was that here and there
And everywhere
People realised that
They could not brea..
Until now they
Could not see
That it was because of
Neck and Knee
All over the world
They came in hordes
Black Lives matter
They all roared
Or Brown
Or Pink
Or whatever else
It hardly mattered
What they said
Because the knees were shaking
The shackles were breaking
The necks were straining
The necks were gaining
The knees were deigning
To listen for once
To those whom
They never heard
To those to whom
They had always said
It’s your damn neck
Pressing too hard
Pressing too damn hard on my knee
To those whom they never saw
Even when knee
Was pressed down hard
On neck
I can’t brea..
Was a visceral cry
It let so many others
Breathe at last
And amidst all the
Bangs and clatter
Amidst all the
Twitter chatter
One thing stood out
Each life matters
Each life matters
To he who lives it
Each death matters
To he who dies it
Each life should matter
To you and to me
Each death should matter
To humanity