A Revolution Against Racism In America

Stop talking about revolution, revolution

It is like winning the lottery, the election

When a true revolution is on the move

Nobody, nobody can stop it. A revolution

Comes unannounced like an irresistible storm

A hurricane, a cyclone, an earthquake, a major

Storm, a major event that nobody, no dictator

Can stop. A revolution is taking place now, now

Right now, now in the United States of America

A huge rainbow of young people (Blacks, Whites

And others) are in the streets, they have encircled

The blue firmament, yelling and hurling as loud

As they possible can : ‘Black Lives Matter’

Yes, we want justice now. No justice, no peace

A serious revolution is happening now, right now

In America, in the world. No justice, no peace

A revolution is unstoppable, just like when you got to go

You got to go. We can’t breathe, we will breathe

Until racism and police brutalities are eradicated

Until they are buried and deeply interred in the past

A revolution against racism is happening now, right now

In America, throughout the world. Spring brings

Cool and fresh air. We can breathe, we can flocking breathe

A revolution against racism is taking place now, right now

We want justice and peace for our brothers and sisters now

We can’t breathe. We can breathe now. We shall overcome

As long as we’re alive, we will fight and we will win this battle.

Copyright © June 2020, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved.

Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.