Have you ever heard

And saw

The truths we have made

Yet you call it absurd

Have you ever heard

And saw

The dark rings on our wrists

Redder than the wine you sip until you slur

Have you ever heard

And saw

Our screams in the street

While you ignore us listening to an ignorant speech

Have you ever heard

And saw

That it’s not our lives matter more

It’s just that it “matters, too”