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Struck as if from pure air
a fire of the spirit catches and invents itself-
a formless filament nurtured by the essence of grief and loss-
fanned by  powerful winds of change
Breathing as if living for the lost
it rises upon unseen waves,
fills the already full hearts
that wonder after justice

Heaven is a place within the soul
that accepts peace of the righteous
it is to the outward eye
a fury... a burning rage

Yet to those who hunger so deeply
it is the rest of the unending urgency
to bring life from wrongs, to raise an altar
for the sacrifices that have been made.



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Thousands of people march and protest the wrongful killings of Black men and boys in America; it is a movement begun from the hearts of those who value life...hdm