A Poem for Sonya Massey
I heard you said
I rebuke you in the name of Jesus
You were calling for help
Asking for protection
It did not stop the bullet from shattering your humanity
Spilling your blood
We were taught to plead the blood and the devil would be defeated.
Maybe
God was not listening
I don’t know.
But here on earth
We cry out
A litany of prayers
Speaking your name
Giving it power
Elevating you
And it is still not enough
It will never be enough.
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