The Pain Of Watching Death

The pain of watching the lynching

Of our people, the pain of watching

The death of Brother George Floyd

And the sadness seeing his life being toyed

In public like his very human being was

Worthless, unimportant, because

A hard-core criminal or beast had a heavy weight

On George’s back and body, on the neck of the fate

Of a powerless, handcuffed loving son

Of a mother. The world witnessed Floyd’s execution

The entire universe saw an odious crime

Which hurt us all and all were saddened and alarmed

Pain is universal. We all feel the pain when

A loved one is in danger, in crisis and in tribulation

The pain of death is cruel, excruciating and inhumane

The pain of death is outrageous, evil and insane

Death is not an evil that one should wish on anybody

Death is the ultimate punishment impinged on a body

The pain of watching live a loved one being murdered

Is inconceivable. It is being asphyxiated and tortured.

Copyright © April 2020, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.

Hébert Logerie is the author of several poetry collections.