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Afrika
by Nhandi Nyawela, 11
AFRIKA is my home
Where I belong
It is my homeland
The place where I will reunite
with my ancestors
AFRIKA is a place of love
Peace, justice
Greatness
It is the place I seek
Where I want to be
Again
As much as I love myself
I love AFRIKA
My family is in AFRIKA
I must go back.
We Can't Forget
by Zuri A. Kenyatte, 12
Police cars arrive
Lights flash
Colored bodies fall in the grass
Police officers don’t care
They just sit on their phones and stare
“They threatened me, I had to shoot”
They shot another Afrikan through the hoop
The hoop of death I say
We pray they pay this time
For their filthy, nasty crimes
Lying, Killing, Vacation Time
It’s all part of their plan
We ask, will this ever end?
Eric Garner
Trayvon Martin
Sandra Bland
Tanisha Anderson
Say their names
Raise your voice
And say their names
Breaion King
Tamir Rice
Pamela Turner
Philando Castile
Ahmaud Abery
George Floyd
Say their names
Before that rage
Dies down
And we stop fighting back.
Unfinished
by Ajani Bell, 11
In the night
Came a breeze
It took me up
Threw me away
It’s really hard to talk about
Really hard to say
Went to the store
Floating on a cloud
Should I say this out loud?