Guest Poem: Red, White, Black, and Blue

How do you survive? 

In a country meant to destroy you 

Generations of constantly drowning 

Grinds you beneath its feet 

In a country meant to destroy you 

Our suffering is all unique 

Grinds you beneath its feet 

The accumulation of oppression 

Our suffering is all unique 

But we lack the needed empathy 

The accumulation of oppression 

Can emancipate or destroy 

But we lack the needed empathy 

Generations of constantly drowning 

Can emancipate or destroy 

How do you survive?