I Cannot Breathe
I can’t breathe,
I can’t breathe, you are suffocating me sir,
Please give me some space and let me live,
And if you are trying to suffocate me,
Suffocating my words to come out,
I can still swallow them for now, but I swear I will release them,
Release them and openly and aggressively,
Later, and only later,
They will convey my message,
The mighty message
Breathing, yes breathing the clean air in the age of nuclear human waste,
If you are trying to suffocate me,
And preventing me to breathe, there are thousands, rather millions
Who are ready to breathe on my behalf, and I do trust them,
Because, like me,
And unlike me in status,
Still in need for breathing clean air
I know that the environment is contaminated,
And I know that the air is polluted,
The parliaments, the governments, the states,
The army, the politicians who are all pretending to breathe
But deep down they all know that breathing clear and clean air requires,
Courage, commitment, and more important a stronger will,
To feel,
Breathing under the shade of apathy is not easy, I know,
But I think it is time for change on how to breathe,
Inhale and exhale with honesty,
But to me and millions like me, just wish one hope only in this worldly life
Just to simply, breathe, and you are still pressing your knee on my innocent neck,
Preventing me to breath,
I am not asking you much,
I am not requesting my full human and civil rights to be heard and respects,
But just to breathe,
Please let me breathe!
Copyright © Abder Derradji | Year Posted 2020
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