I Remained Quiet
A Poem in Memory of George Floyd
I’m sorry.
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I remained quiet because I couldn’t find the words to say.
I remained quiet because it hurt.
I remained quiet thinking the masses of voices are an ample.
So I remained quiet.
And it was numb and soundless for a while.
Until it wasn’t.
Because once upon a time, I remained quiet.
Because once upon a time, I remained quiet in the face of injustice.
And in doing so, I gave it purpose.
And in a heartbeat — a beat that which remains with me (unlike that of an innocent soul),
my astonishments concerning the extant of these atrocities,
suddenly disappears.
And in a flash,
much like the life that flashed before the two, gentle, dark eyes,
I gasp for air.
The same air he could not obtain.
And I struggle.
Struggle to fathom the sudden realization that once upon a time,
I remained quiet.
And that for this reason,
the injustices I cannot grasp,
remain here, too.
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© @keren.vs.world
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About the Creator
Keren-VS-World
For wanderlusts, adventurists and all those at heart!
I write motivational precepts, travel tales & poetry inspired by my ventures on planet earth 🌎
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