America, Again
The world is burning, again
America, Again.
The world is burning, again.
My mother’s visa rejected, again.
Bodies getting stabbed.
Bodies getting pushed.
I try to sit.
“Fuck off bitch.”
LA is on fire.
Bodies set on fire.
I’m hurt again.
My ankle again.
My fathers heart again.
Struggling to beat, again.
It’s nearly January 20th.
Again.
No more water in California.
The incarcerated are fighting the fires.
The incarcerated are losing the fight,
losing their rights,
losing their lives through
Rebranded slavery.
At 0% containment.
Yet 100% preventable.
Money, money, money.
Funds to the LAPD.
Funds to the NYPD.
Taken from the fire budget,
The library budget,
The education budget,
The climate budget,
Billions of dollars to fund a genocide.
For more guns, more bombs, more power.
And yet, never enough money.
Never enough coverage.
Houses lost, insurances delayed.
Lives lost, insurances denied.
A CEO shot, deposed not defended
And the people cheer
Because in America we feel powerless.
In America, they hoard the wealth.
In America, they kill us slowly, they kill us violently.
And in America, they tell us there’s nothing we can do.
I’m sick again.
I’m tired again.
Here we go, again.
A brilliant & heartbreaking post, Lian.
You've written such a heart-wrenching and powerful statement! And, as my dear friends in Ukraine teach me, on a daily basis, we have no choice but to do this again. We get to come together, lean into each other, express our pain, find joy in each day, and call out the bad behavior. Silence only serves violence. Thank you for sharing this!