DISTINCTIVE VOICE CONSULTING

FEBRUARY 2023

IF ALL LIVES MATTERED

by Russell Harris Jr

 

IF ALL LIVES MATTERED

ALL OUTCOMES WOULD BE THE SAME

OR HAVE A STRIKING SIMILARITY

TO A WORLD WITHOUT POLARITY

 

IF ALL LIVES MATTERED

THERE WOULD BE NO PERCEPTION

OF A THREAT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE

OR ANY VALID SIGNIFICANCE

TO YOUR FEAR DRIVEN IGNORANCE

 

IF ALL LIVES MATTERED

WE WOULD AS PEOPLE OF COLOR

 ALSO LIVE TO TELL THE TALE

ABOUT GETTING A WARNING

A CITATION OR AT WORST – A SAFE RIDE TO JAIL

 

IF ALL LIVES MATTERED

THEN POLICE WHO COMMIT OFFENSES

AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE DEFENCELESS

WITH EVIDENCE INSURMOUNTABLE

WOULD BE HELD EXTREMELY ACCOUNTABLE

 

IF ALL LIVES MATTERED

ALL HUMAN LIFE

 WOULD BE VALUED THE SAME

POLICE WOULD POLICE THE SAME

CHARGES WOULD BE THE SAME

JUDGES WOULD RULE THE SAME

STATISTICS WOULD REFLECT IT

AND NO ONE WOULD REJECT IT

BLACK LIVES MATTER