Poem by Poem

—in memory of Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor, Hon. Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Tywanza Sanders, Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., Rev. Sharonda Singleton, Myra Thompson Shot and killed while at church. Charleston, SC (6-18-2015), RIP poem by poem we can end the violence every day after every other day 9 killed in Charleston, South Carolina they are not 9 they are each one alive we do not know you have a poem to offer it is made of action—you must search for it run outside and give your life to it when you find it walk it back—blow upon it carry it taller than the city where you live when the blood comes down do not ask if it is your blood it is made of 9 drops honor them wash them stop them from falling