There’s got to be better ways
than killing a body
with a shaded face,
out of fear,
out of rage,
out of difference
that displays the enmity
that does not exist
but survives all the same,
in these days of ringing progress,
in these times of heated change.
There’s got to be better thinking
than the same old, same old,
of the wheel of inequity,
of the cycle of blame,
that’s driven the tragedy,
that points to the shame of
a living being that dies
for no just cause,
and falls for no real gain.
28/8/2020