There Will Be No Riot
All that will be left
Are empty skeletones
Achy throats
Fist that wrench and tightly close
Eyes filled with tears
A justice
Unmet
There will be no riot
Because we will be heartless
Take our heart
You already took our humanity
Does it make you happy?
To watch our people bleed
Wipe your smirk
Because even while in pain, my people succeed
My people rise while even coated in chains
My people are more than familiar with achievement
Victory, we know her name!
I see you smile and grin
Today you win
But you will not prosper
The ghosts of beaten bones will come to meet you
They will come to defeat you
They will search for your soul
Or whatever's in your chest and eat you
They will feed on your joy
Feed on any slight happiness
Your eyes will forget what sleep is
Your brain will know no rest
So no
There will not be a riot
But there will pain
For the evil that riddles your veins
And when the demons on you take their claim
-Dinesha Johnson
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