Poem - in memory of George Floyd

In Memory of #George Floyd# 

( from the Internet..)

I want to breathe 

But I cant breathe

I could not see his face 

His knee was on my neck

Life was going fast away from my soul

I want to breathe 

But I can't breathe

46yrs ago, I learnt my first word

Mama! mama! mama!

25th May 2020,I spoke my last word

Mama! mama! mama!

And I still pleaded because

I want to breathe 

But I cant breathe 

My color was black 

His color was white

My crime was black 

His right was white

I still want to breathe

But I cant breathe 

Minneapolis is burning 

Real Americans are angry

The world is shocked in disbelief 

Because I wanted to breathe

But i cant breathe 

They were four of them 

Four  messengers of death

I saw the face of my wife 

I felt the smiles of my kids 

I remembered my friends 

For their sake

I just needed to breathe

But I cant breathe

I asked for water

The pain was getting more 

My neck hurts

My stomach hurts

My eyes were closed in agony

My offence again?

My color was black 

His color was white

I have paid the price 

Price of being black 

Cry no more Minneapolis 

I was one of the added numbers

My blood on that pavement

Will always remember that

I wanted to breathe 

But I had no right to breathe 

My offence again?

My color was black

My name George Floyd 

My crime was black

His color was white

His name Derek Chauvin

His right was white

He has the right to breathe

I want to breathe 

I can't breathe!

But someday this battle shall 

Be over.

I go in peace but remember 

25th May 2020

Mama!mama!mama!

My last word!

-Collins Okafor 

#ICantBreathe