POETRY | ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ BY KATIE LOUISE (KLASTRO)

By Rishma • On Poetry ,

Pho­to­graphy by https://www.instagram.com/iluminartistarchive/

Cen­tur­ies of slavery and oppression,
Recent deaths brought to right­eous eruption
Vol­can­ic voices of true justice no longer silenced,
Police bru­tal­ity incid­ences slash racial violence.

Being muted or muzzled is over now,
Ploughed far right riots caus­ing chaos, how can this be allowed?
Amongst init­ally peace­ful protests
Indus­tries and insti­tu­tions becom­ing more vocal, in this com­plex web of mess.

A real shift must occur whilst mixed emo­tions, Sup­port­ive in this strengthened mes­sage towards sus­tained action
Instead of fur­ther mar­gin­al­isa­tion, trauma and hurt
Social media doc­u­mented and alerted,
Racist prom­in­ent fig­ures brought down
So no longer his­tor­ic­al statues can seem as crowned.

Fired pained energy ven­ted, with stream­ing tears lamented
Dif­fi­cult to nav­ig­ate such depth of sys­tem­ic racism,
Only by edu­cat­ing with clout, our gen­er­a­tions about their ancestors
Dis­crim­in­a­tion and xeno­pho­bia cre­at­ing such dis­placed deep chasms,
This will all become his­tory of bey­ond much importance.

By Katie Louise @klastroldn

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.