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What becomes of a world?

The trees ache with a pain only those who have witnessed true horror The swinging rope moping for it had been turned to a killer The threads unravelling trying to escape A maze with no end Running, running, running Away Yet still can't escape its fate A fallen leaf a tear of the tree Weeping for a life no more Haunted by the thought of how many more Will face a death so brutal The branches snap screaming in pain Wishing to not be a ploy in their game The blood Soaked roots Will grow into a plant who will wear their name The sun has hidden things will never be the same A life lost is a star gained The world grieves with drops of rain Trying to control a harrowing pain The buildings still paying respects Dressed in a layer of a grief so known For centuries it stood a witness to a tragedy all alone The broken windows shattered by the screams it spoke Choked by the air which had lost all hope What must become of a body disposed More blood than man The red that shows Maybe good can come evil where flowers may grow Maybe the sky will gift a rainbow To bring hope for another tomorrow What becomes of body now gone What happens to a family who couldn't mourn A death that brought about violent storm The earth has quietened The streets forlorn Watching another black families heart be torn The end of a funeral left to a house rid of warmth The world haunted by the joy long gone What becomes of a world without the lights on What becomes of a world that houses an atmosphere so cold What becomes of a world where the that barely holds on Slowly crumbling its foundations The structure that holds everything up Has now been torn down What becomes of a world that let's black people down It becomes a place where joy becomes a ghost town

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