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Elegy for George Floyd
January 5, 2024
May, 25, 2020,
the day our hearts sank.
Tragedy flooded news
about the man, father, grandfather
with a counterfeit $20 bill.
Pushed, shoved, and kneed down,
even the concrete tried as hard as it could
to bear the weight of Floyd’s lifeless body.
Tick, tick, tick
I never knew eight minutes could feel so long,
extending further than an elastic band;
stretch
stretch
stretch
snap
“I can't breathe” the streets cried
just like George did that very week.
In a rally of thousands, all we wanted
was to be heard. In a time of such activism,
we still plead for justice.
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This piece reminds us of the tragic event of George Floyd's death; the event that sparked hundreds upon thousands of protests nationwide. It should be noted that though the topic of police brutality isn't prominent in media currently, we should never fail to remember the damage it has caused to the innocent lives affected.