Invisible

EXCUSE ME!!!! Do you not see me standing before you? Do you not realize that I, a black woman had a life that mattered too? The black woman appears to be the best kept secret in death being wiped from the face of the earth where many won’t remember our names or know of our existence When black girls vanish the only way anyone knows is through the newsfeed of social media when white girls vanish the news media makes sure the world is notified while paying no attention to the clues of plasma footsteps we leave behind Many ignore the crimson bleed of life that seeped from the opening of the slashed throat racism made leaving us to become the mutilated corpse lying on the ground society relentlessly steps over We’re viewed as a nothing gender Melanated race of women often deemed as bothersome or angry The bellows of our spirits are discombobulated as we quickly become shadows of unrecognized Queens we are being killed in alarming masses and all you can say is we must of had it coming Black women are the givers of the black lives that are supposed to matter still we are looked upon as the doormat placed at the bottom of the totem pole you seem to enjoy wiping your feet on When it comes to black men, you are seen and heard, be it good bad or indifferent but how high must a black woman jump in order to be seen how loud must a black woman shout in order to be heard Better yet how many black women need to be annihilated before our lives are mourned and celebrated Brothers, are you willing to stand up to protect us, even if it's your fellow brother we need to be protected from Our life and death must not be in vain So what will you do in order change it Remember, black women marched for you don’t you think it's time you march for us? We are forced into invisibility like the remnants of Sandra Bland’s disparity that was swept under the rug and lifeless body of Kanika Jenkins they shoved into a refrigerated coffin Nia Wilson’s memory they washed away along with her blood that stained the platform of a Bay Area Transit Station or Breonna Taylor and Atatiana Jefferson's peace they fatally laid to rest in the confines of their own home I will forever remember their names...will you??