Black boys deserve flowers too

Black boys deserve flowers too

Black boys deserve flowers too
Not just at their funerals
Not when they're already gone
Not when we are just mourning them

Black boys deserve flowers too
Not just laid at their tombstone 
Not just because you feel guilty 
Not just because you couldn't love them fully

Black boys deserve flowers too
This is long overdue 
They deserve it for just existing 
They deserve it when they're hurting 
Especially when they are suffering 

Black boys deserve flowers too
Even just as a thank you 
Even just to say I love you
A way to say I appreciate you

Because black boys deserve flowers too
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