Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Hold the Line

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GEORGE FLOYD SERIES



Hold the Line

We’ve been pushing so long
Our bones are starting to push back
Decades of resistance
Centuries of struggle
Truth be told
Millennia of pressure
On our worried minds
Hold the line

So tired my eyes close by themselves
My back aches my legs pulsate
My brain screams at the endless plight
Every step reminds me
Of the struggle ahead
And the struggle behind
Hold the line

Work until your fingers bleed
Talk until you fold
March until the sun rises
Watch until you’re blind
Hold the line

Nothing worth achieving
Was ever accomplished with less
Than everything you’ve got
This is our time
Hold the line

No matter how many times
They beat us down
And trample us
No matter how times
They batter us
No matter how many times
They take our money our homes
Our peace of mind
Hold the line

We will prevail
We will take what is rightly ours
We will right forever wrongs
We will stand our ground
We will not fall behind
Hold the line

For all who came before us
And all who will follow
For our children
For posterity
For all that we hold dear
For peace and prosperity
For justice and equality
For the good and the kind
Hold the line

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