No one is listening
Not at all
Not when I was hurting
You were constantly talking
Not when I was black and blue
You claimed you had no clue.
No one is listening
Yet again
Another person has died
Its only then there are outcries
Only then people wished they did more
Did I have to die?
For you to care.
No one is listening
I am not surprised
How could they
over the screams and the cries
No one is listening
Screaming and shouting until
You are red in the face
We want change!
But how?
Respect and understanding are yet
To join the fray.
No one is listening
Protests, rallies, and petitions
But still, no one is listening
Opposition shouting
I stand here and think
Is this what change really means?
Countless have died
On the altar of change
And yet we are still playing the same game
What do we have to show for outrage?
A couple of months of shouting
And then silence.
This is not change.
This is rage.
I wish you’d all shut up
STOP
ENOUGH
for God’s sake listen
How can anything change
When can’t hear what is being said?
Stop dividing
Can’t you see that is what they want
They’ll say because we can’t stand together
They don’t know what change we want
Stand together and stand tall
For if we want change, we must all stand together
Please, let not let these deaths be in vain
We are all listening now
Does that scare you?
We are going to build an equal world
Even if that means getting rid of you
All.