Dividing Us
(About the movement to make monetary restitution for slavery to Black Americans)

For so long,
we were trying to come together.
Clawing our way over every obstacle between us.
Doing whatever we could,
even at the cost of our lives,
to bridge the gap.

Now you say that
you want to dig a new chasm.
To build a new wall.
To create another abyss
of hatred and rage.

A world divided is not the sort
that I would like to live in.
We are so much more
than black and white.
We are so much the same,
it is hard to believe that we fight.
But you want to use our history
as a weapon to divide us.
And I am powerless to stop you.

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