Dear officers

Dear Officers,

I look around me, and all I see is death

Am I next?

I read books, I watch the news, and I am woke

I am black, strong and proud

I am intelligent, wise and want to someday own my own business

I carry myself with class, maybe a little bit of sass

I have too much mouth for my own good because I want to be understood

You look at people like me and judge because of the color of my skin

Not knowing I am the same within

Yes, I may be brown but that doesn’t mean I’m a clown

That’s how I see it

You see me, and assume I must be up to no good

Driving home you pull me over

My heart races and I think about not stopping

I see it all on the news

Black innocent kids being shot for no reason

No justice

I take my chances and keep driving

I would hate my mom to be crying

My name plastered all over the news

My name is spitted on,

And I look like a fool

You finally caught me

Yes officer?

You flash the bright light

Making me feel like I’m losing my sight

License and Registration?

I reach for it in my glove compartment

POW!

Im dead in a matter of seconds

Looked like she had a gun

She looked suspicious

Why was she so young out with no sun

She was speeding away from me

I thought she was trying to kill me

It was self defense

Makes no common sense

Black seventeen year old girl dead

Do I scare you that much?

That you had to kill me as such?

I can’t apologize for my race

But this is what I can say

I am not who you think I am

I am not what you perceived me as

I am strong, black and proud

I’ll keep saying it loud

I am strong black and proud

Take this letter

Piece it together

Don’t shoot

I was only trying to get home

before you shot me in the dome

Sincerely,

A black innocent girl who had no justice