Ken Jordan Poet Light Verse

Trayvon

Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Trayvon
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: July/2013

We just lost
another 
One
America -

Trayvon 
Martin
is dead -

Trayvon
Martin,
is dead -

This time
Is no different 
from the
 last time,
a young 
black male
was
gunned down
from the hands
of 
Bodacious 
ignorance
and 
fear -

There's 
no other
explanation 
one can give,
why
this had
to be -

A cataclysm,
solely
because 
of 
the color
of a man's
skin -

What a hell
of a price
Trayvon,
paid
for such
an outrageous 
act of hate -

Trayvon Martin,
did not
deserve to
die
based on
racial
 stereotypes
that assume
 black males
wearing
hoodies are
gangsters -

Trayvon,
was not
in a gang,
he had no
weapons 
of any kind -

Just a kid
walking home -

Pow! Pow!
bullets 
rang out
in the night -

Another one
gone
America -  

Yet,
you see
nothing wrong -

You freed
a murderer,
with no regards
to the laws
of civil rights -

Trayvon,
like any
young black
male
had hopes
and 
dreams -

He was
somebody's
son -

Now all that's
left,
is the memory
of him,
and 
thoughts
of
what he
could
 have become -

But
on that
unforgettable
night,
a white man
fulfilled
the prophecy 
of life
expectancy
for young
black male's -

Trayvon,
was only
seventeen -

Pow! Pow!
bullets
rang out
in the night -

Another one
gone
America -

When
will it stop!?

Your idea
of equal
rights
is far
from equal -

Trayvon 
Martin,
is dead,
while his
murderer
walks free -

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