Indefatigable (a poem)
by remysaverem
Indefatigable,
tireless.
Uploading our evidence,
wireless.
Media,
medics:
Heroes.
Targets.
Supporting each other,
ignoring your markets.
You shoot us,
you gas us;
and yet, we return:
live streamers,
life savers;
our passion does burn.
You want us to trust you?
That’s something you have to earn,
A lifetime of institutionalized
racist brutality to unlearn.
To undo, not renew.
To re-envision, not reform.
To make change that makes a difference,
not merely to perform.
We’ll hold your feet to the fire —
Hm, getting warm?
You can’t rain on this parade.
It can weather any storm.
A movement to abolish,
end racist murders and structures that bred them;
end the police unions
that too often let them.
Demilitarize,
so no other mother cries.
Prevent
mass media lies.
We are the media now.
Surprise!
