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To be honest… younger

By Kimelia Carter

"To be honest

I don’t feel

As much as I should

It is too much

To be honest

I’m upset that I feel nothing

But I’m also relieved

Because I would go crazy

This pain leaves a constant sting

To be honest

This is heartbreaking

To know that someone that looks like me

Like my family could die

Just or having the

Audacity to live

Or even wanting to try

To be honest

I’m mad at the killer

I’m mad at myself

For not doing anything

But if I do, I would create a target

On me

To be honest

The last thing I want

Is for my family to grieve over me

To see the people, I love to be

Bent at their knee sobbing over

What use to be me

It would honestly kill me,

 twice

Because I know what the result will be

My family is not known to be calm

They would act out of rage

And soon my family will be

The next name on stage

To be honest

I’m more upset about

The opinions of the public

Constantly saying

It is on us, we deserve this.

Like its black people’s fault

For the conditions, we have been placed under

It is our fault for being black

To be honest

We just gonna have to go to war with

These Mother Fuckers

Because the biggest example

Of White Privilege is

To never fear dying for

Walking out your front door."

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