Walk with me

Walk with me now, will you? I’ll even lend you my shoes So you can see what it’s like in them. Do you see what I see? When you hurt my brothers and sisters When you see my skin as a threat? Do you feel how I feel? When you push me into the concrete When you put those, cold, metal chains on my wrist? Do you smell what I smell? The smell of your breath while you yell at me The smell of the sweaty prison you put me in for no reason? Do you taste what I taste? The blood trickling down my nose into my mouth The taste of hatred against my chocolate skin Do you hear what I hear? The sirens I hear while I’m in the back of your car “I CAN’T BREATHE” I bet you didn’t hear that did you? Look at my shoes they’re all worn out Worn out from your constant hate against me I was walking and now I’m running