This is America.

Essence Sun
2 min readMay 28, 2020

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We were stuck at home for two months when the lockdown lifted what do you see? People of dark pigmentation killed once again, are your eyes open now? Can you finally see it? Or are you choosing to look away again? Turning your head to the side and pretending only to see America as La La Land or a Walt Disney theme.

You can look away, we know you can hear our scream. If you ignore our cries, that’s fine; you can feel our pain in the air, we’re on fire. We are sick of our people always bleeding for ordinary things.

WHY ARE WE BEING KILLED FOR MEDIOCRE THINGS?!

Not knowing if today might be the last day we will breathe. Why we have to scream for justice; we cry for equity; we shout for respect.

All we want is peace.

Everyone wants to be a Nergo in the streets.

No one wants to be A Nergo in America, I see.

George Floyd pinned down, screaming I CAN’T BREATHE in Minneapolis. Eric Garner screamed the same thing in New York City.

Breonna Taylor killed in her sleep by a sergeant and two officers breaking into the wrong house. Families still want answers.

Ahmaud Arbery out for a jog viewed as prey, nowhere near a human being.

Trayvon Martin went to the gas station for skittles and tea.

The Ku Klux Klan founded in 1865, history said it ended. If I look at it, I would say it’s still alive.

Tamir Rice playing with a toy gun, cop jumped out of a moving vehicle and shot fire without thinking.

Sandra Blanda knowing her rights, somehow died in a jail cell called it “suicide.” We all knew that was a lie.

Micheal Brown, on his knees screaming his hands are up, don’t shoot to the police.

Everyone wants to be a Nergo in the streets.

No one wants to be A Nergo in America, I see.

That’s the part where all you will step aside and turn a blind eye. I hope America finally sees what African descendant been preaching.

Enough is enough. We are done being mistreated.

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Essence Sun

A simple soul sharing life experiences. So, will it be ok if I tell you a story?