Apr 12 2021
Dying To Live
When the dawn of a rising sun full of purpose and beauty and strength shows herselfWe will know the horror of sleepless nightsunrelenting insomnia is overNo more begging to be seenAsking to be heardFighting for justice when it should be for usAll alongWhen you hear revolution in the shrill of a howl at the full moon, pregnant with possibilityCries shut down because our skin maligned for its melaninYour kin shot down mercilessly in the bloodied streetsWe will know the deed is done.For all of the begging, asking, and fightingIt was humanity itself at the core of the fight.Who will be the first to own it?Ownership is the nucleusIts protons, neutrons, and electrons allcircling the empty promise of life built on equalityOwnershipAs if a soul could be bought, paid for,and ownedWho will be the one to give in to humanityLift it up above profits, and rancor, and filth?When each man, woman, and childthe whole colorful rainbowIs acknowledgedDone with the Us -Them - moved on to the WeThen it will be clear that slavery is inhumanity,and the unprovoked shots fired at our backs, the anti-them for the benefit of the usWill always be an obstacle to the We.As WE are simply dying to live.Dr. Ro is a Nutrition Coach who has had a passion for and performed poetry for live audiences since her freshman year in college. She was a student activist and continues her passion for poetry and spoken word today. So it is no surprise that she gives voice to the Trial of George Floyd and the trauma that the images of the injustice he and too many others faced because of systemic racism. This is a poem she wrote and recorded called “Dying To Live”.
