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I can't Breathe

Dom Moncion 1997 (Connecticut)

Rhymed
Triggers click, lights out.
Hatred shines, guns out.
Freedoms changed, lockdown.
voice of love, choked out.
People shout it’s over now,
but you the suppressors still hold me down,
I can’t breathe  
I can’t breathe  
I can’t breathe  
Can’t you hear me? I have loved ones that need me
I can’t breathe  
I can’t breathe  
I can’t breathe  
Your hatred is taking my life from me
I can’t breathe  
I can’t breathe  
I can’t breathe  
Oh, sweet justice why have you failed me,
I did nothing wrong, so who will your next victims be?
I can’t breathe  
I can’t breathe  
I…can’t…

About this poem

I created this poem in 2020. It was written as a result of tragic injustices to not only to people of color, but to those who have felt their voices have been choked because of individuality.

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Written on May 28, 2020

Submitted on October 21, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aabacbDDDeDDDeDDDeeDDf
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 589
Words 101
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
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