It Should've Been You

by InkySol

Summary:

For all the ones who paid the price, it should've been you.

Notes:

In light of the new year, I'm pissed. That's all this is.
And I'll be very clear:
Fuck Trump, fuck ICE, Free Palestine and Ukraine, abortion is healthcare, Black Lives Matter, and queer rights are human rights.
I could add much more, but this will suffice for now.

Blood and murder and fear

Is this what you cheer for? 

 

Families ripped apart, 

People disappear

Bruised and beaten and taken away

Tell me, did you want this? 

 

A woman is murdered, 

A woman is dead

One still in the driver's seat

Another birthing a baby from a corpse

 

The news is aflame with liars

There was no gunman, 

There are no fires

Do you know that? 

 

Ice on the streets, 

Due process broken and breached

Another war threatened, 

While one is waged by a land called "holy"

 

Why do you cheer? 

Why do you lie so much? 

Where were you, 

When the photos came up? 

 

There's files we need to see, 

Censored and protected

Murderers are moved,

And a coup pardoned

 

The world is on fire, 

People are dying,

But you don't care

Do you? 

 

I said I don't want to hurt you,

Many years ago

Now that's a lie

 

For the ones who were taken, 

Beaten and bruised, 

I hope you suffer

 

For the crimes,

Against human beings, 

I hope you suffer

 

For the ones who are silenced, 

Their voices erased, 

I hope you suffer.

 

For the ones who were murdered,

Held down and shot,

I hope you suffer

 

For all the violence you cheer for, 

Against people who's last words ask

"Are you okay?" 

It should've been you.

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 19 of Poetry