Commemoration of the Death of Our Loved Ones

We commemorate the death of our love ones We don't celebrate the death of our love ones Today is not a great day Today is a very sad day We don't care about wealth, avarice, money and cupidity We abhor hate, greed, hatred, racism, and police brutality Today, we don't care about the economy Today, we want to eradicate greed, bigotry Racism, division, lies, deceit and hypocrisy We care tremendously about our health Not about wealth. We care about over 100,000 deaths We commemorate the death of George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Jamar Clark Jeremy McDole, Breonna Taylor, Sean Bell, David MacAtee, Stephon Clark Adam Atraore, William Josma, Steve Biko, Kalief Browder, William Chapman Sean Reed, Sean Monterrosa, Antwon Rose Alton Sterling, Michael Ferguson Philando Castile, Amadou Diallo, De'von Bailey, Samuel DuBose, Redel Jones Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Michelle Shirley, Tony McDade, Deb Danner, Ken Watkins Laquan McDonald, Ahmaud Arbery, Terence Crutcher, Manuel Ellis, Korryn Gaines Many Native Americans and many other brothers and sisters. We are out of breath We have been suffering, hurting, in pain and crying too much. Enough is enough We can't breathe. Get off our necks. Black lives matter. No justice, no peace We celebrate life and love. Black lives matter. We want to live a long life We commemorate death. We can't breathe. No justice, no peace. Copyright © June 2020, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved. Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.