1Trayvon Martin was an unarmed, 17 year-old teenager, who was gunned down in Sandford, Florida on Fe (...)
‘If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon’, President Obama said.
He is hand some. skin the color of coffee, cream and cinnamon.
slight of build, with a physique yet to become, he is shrouded under hooded myths and shadows of white guilt.
grasping fists, armed with a package of rainbow colored candy, he is stalked while striding across grounds of a gated compound; targeted by imaginary fears enforcing Americanism.
How does Trayvon stand his ground when he steps beyond borders of the reservation?
How does youth walk away from death aimed at his back?
What can a black boy do when the man with a gun comes?
‘It could have been me’, the President said.
‘It could have been me...’
Notes
1Trayvon Martin was an unarmed, 17 year-old teenager, who was gunned down in Sandford, Florida on February 26, 2012. The title of the poem is a quote from the statement President Barack Obama made in response to the senseless murder.
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