Protest

a poem from 2020 resonating in the present// hunimuni poetry 002

we await the storm
of hands thrown
to the air
towers of prayers
for the fallen men

the dead cannot be silenced
for what is unspeakable will speak for itself

Heaven hears pleas
of please
"Please, I can't breathe."

a cacophony of sighs becomes whispers
whispers become words
and words heave and heave

until quiet breaths become battlecries

these hands are extensions
only to have cries brought to the Sky faster

until skeletons rattle
until asphalts resound
the unrest will put to rest
the inhumane, the detestable, the bullets that mar bodies
straight to the chest

the wind carries the trumpets
we shall thunder on