I can hear me brother crying
I can’t breath
Now I’m in the struggle
Saying can’t leave
Brother George Floyd
I was drawn to today by a
lurching in my belly
I was called to today by
A madness in my head
I am
Confused
Saddened
Horrified
Angry
Mad
By the news of yesterday
The lurching of my belly this morning
Was begging me for answers as to
What I am gonna do
The lurching in my belly this morning
Was demanding answers as to what
We were gonna do
The lurching in my belly
Called disturbance
to my soul
The madness in my head
Whirled
And twirled
As it searched for the answers
To the questions
To calm
my belly and my soul
And then thud thud thud
Or ba boom ba boom ba boom
Because my heart too
Was asking questions of what
I am gonna do?
And
what we gonna do?
And then out of the control of
Any
They came together
They poured a scream
They forced from my body
A sound that
On their own none could
Consider
And as the question broke my skin
As it entered the world
As it was born
It found so many
Hearts and souls and heads
With whom to act
So many Hearts and Souls and heads
Holding shavings of answers.
by Michael Hamilton
