I Just Watched

I just watched a 15year old boy break down
I just cried with him as he broke down during the press conference that was held for his father's death.
I just watched a15year old black boy's spirit die with his father today.
I just watched him as he tried to be strong as his mother spoke and ended up being the new family backbone.
I just watched another melanin filled soul be shot down by law enforcement!
I just watched a father be taken out of a black home yet again, and we know there will be NO indictment, probably just financial endorsements!
I JUST CRIED for a man I don't know.
I JUST watched a boy become a man then revert to a crying child in need of his father again!
I just cried and wiped away my tears, in doing this i realized how often our tears are wiped away as if it never mattered, like it's over when it's not
I just watched another brother die and his sons left to wander the streets without him
I just watched their mother be left alone when she thought she had it figured out.
I just watched a woman be strong when she thought she had a man to do that for her.
I just watched a murder... Again.
I'm tired of JUST WATCHING and JUST CRYING!
Aren't you?????

-Makeda Meraki