In Memory of George Floyd

George

I watched your meek surrender

Pinned to the ground by a lethal knee  

I heard your wrenching plea

“I cannot breathe, I cannot breathe”

Your eyes crying for signs of heaven’s grace

Though now your tongue is mute

I can still hear your voice

Resounding from a place

Where skin is tinted with hue of love

A gentle soul is not consumed by hate

Fear does not ordain the human fate

I see you still

Your knee in prayer bent

"May the oppressors own their brutal deeds

That trampled human rights and dignity

May peace fill wounded hearts of those who pine

Who never saw the light of justice shine

I see your face, I hear your cry

"May repentance by forgiveness be redeemed

All hearts be healed, the present be made whole”

On that prayer America’s destiny will lie

Only as maid of justice can she live

Soulless she will die