I STRUGGLE TO BREATHE

Humanity Matters!

To honour and remember the victims of hate, injustice, and discrimination around the world.

Women, men, and children.

Women’s lives matter!

Children’s lives matter!

Men’s lives matter!

Black Lives Matter!

Arab Lives Matter!

All lives matter

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I scream and scream

My heart that wails

In darkest nights

Of woes it speaks

And all it entails

I struggle to breathe

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The storm inside

It blows and heaves

Shadows surround

I am reaching out

The sun retreats

Mercy withdrawn

I struggle to breathe

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I want to seize

The wind that howls

With all that’s foul

I want my world

Demons free

I struggle to breathe

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I look around

For hopes and dreams

In place of grief

For light that shines

Through murky gloom

I struggle to breathe

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Where hope decrees

Joy can reign

And all it gains.

I dream of dawn

The light that shines

To break the dark

No struggle to breathe