Black Insanity

I feel hopeful, I feel heard, I feel seen

Shelves stocked with afros, slogans, black queens and kings.

Talk shows, videos, podcasts, and movies

All highlighting our history and broadcasting our movements.

Books teaching our children how to embrace themselves

How they should ignore the hate and love their self

The world makes it seem like we’re finally being seen

That there’s finally an understanding to our struggles and pain

We’re screaming to be heard, aching for the world to listen

And for two months out of the year they seem to pay attention

Black History Month, Juneteenth, and all of our little days in between

It’s the time when the world wants to show us love

Respect us, trust us, see us as more than thugs.

Everything is about equality and inclusion

Ways are paved so that we can be included

and

Still

When that time has passed and our days are gone

So is the respect that was reigned upon