NEVER MORE

NEVER MORE

Want to make a political statement?

Hands up don't shoot,

but that wouldn't matter now.

Wouldn't you still take that gun and shoot me squarely between my eyes?

Watch as I bleed out and my children screamed.

Nevermore to be a mother to them.

I don't bat an eye at your cowardness.

Hiding behind your whites sheets or badges.

Causing families to live in cages.

Waging war on the innocent.

Nevermore to taste the freedom we once knew.

I watch as your clownish news reports another black thug put down.

While the almighty whitey saves the world again from the savage beast.

You can't handle this truth.

One too many times have I looked down the barrel of a gun praying I can make it home.

All the while you say you feared for your life.

Yet I'm the one on the ground with my neck being buried into the concrete.

Bitterness once again, I have to swallow.

I'm getting really tired of this drink.

Nevermore….

My arms are weak, I can't hold this burden anymore.

Where are we?

How come I have to hold on by myself?

Where are you at?

Stand strong together,

hands up don't shoot.

Where are you?

I thought we were supposed to shoulder this together.

Take my hand, build a fence, keep them out with me.

Stop hiding, running away.

I hear you say you got my back, but where are you?

I don't have a chip on my shoulder.

I have a boulder that is too heavy to bear alone, and I’m bearing it.

I'm buckling under the pressure and look at the burden and say nevermore.

You walk away from me, while I sink to the ground.

What happened to our family rules?

Keep your promises.

Think of others before yourself.

Always tell the truth.

Hug often.

Use kind words.

Love each other.

BE THERE!

You say Nevermore and fade into the background.

I crumble under the weight and bury my damn self.

Only to say Never More!