Because I Love You

Because I love you

I will kneel

Out of respect for those who fight.

The violence shaking from my raised enclosed fist

Will not be released,

But I will stand in solidary

For my brothers and sisters.

I will let the clarity of my actions

Be louder than my voice.

United, we strive for excellence.  

Motivated by love and patience

Constructing a path of less resistance,

We can create peace.

Because I love you

I will hold your hand.

I will stand by your side

Even if they spill red from our sides

And let the gunshots

Start the conversation

That screams finish.

I will re-stitch the false promises of redemption.

I have seen the world in its downfall

Through a tinted window that shades the truth

Media distortion televises problematic youth

But does not address the actual problem.

Because I love you

I will protect you

From the chaos in the streets.

The civil war has not been declared

Because society is unaware

Of the disconnect between

Us and them.

There is a confusion that dwells

In the depths of ignorance.

Insight is forbidden in this land;

It is a sin to address injustice.

Stop all that thinking they say,

“We want you to trust us.”

Because I love you,

I will sing the soul

Back into those that

Forgot about the vocal vibrations

That ring under the flagpole.

The people they punish

Created the foundation of this country

Now they weep and wallow

as they’re denied re-entry.

Because I love you,

I will bend and break

The barriers that hold back

The evidence of our cultures

And mark the end of terrorism

With a permanence so strong

It can only be faded by a Godly interaction.

I will build you a stage

And let you rise to the occasion.

I will leave it dark

Because you can light up a room.

Because I love you,

I will stay.

I have let injustice consume me,

But I will not leave you

To clean up this war.

This is our fight.

Because I love you,

I am here.