ancestorswatching: I wrote this poem last year in honor of Ahmaud Arbery. Today marks one year since
ancestorswatching: I wrote this poem last year in honor of Ahmaud Arbery. Today marks one year since he was chased down and shot by Gregory and Travis McMichael as he jogged in a Georgia neighborhood. Thank you for reading.“Today I Drove the Speed Limit”They lynched a Black man todayin Georgia.And I drove the speed limit.I hope that my light skinand my loose hair textureand my gender will spare mehis fate.But then I think of Korryn GainesSandra BlandLittle Aiyana Jones.So today I drove the speed limit.I thought of my little brother,not so little now, dressed in blackand chains and spikesexpressing himself the way he likesas he takes walks in theneighboring, whiter neighborhood.And I drove the speed limit.Ahmaud jogging,daring to be Black and beautifulwhere, because they can’t legally chain usanymore,they resort to modern American traditionand lynch us.I usually drive too fastand I usually don’t think first when I go walkingand I usually stop to admire their flower bedsbut today I drove the speed limit.And I hoped that they don’tlynch a Black woman in North Carolina.- Hannah C.IG: sunkissedfaerie -- source link