2020

2020: 

A year at a glance.

This was supposed to be the

Start

Of the best years

Of our lives

“2020 is gonna be my year!! 

I can feel it!”

My

My

My

Did we eat those words

Death was on a rampage

The moment the calendar flipped

From 2019

To 2020

From notable figures

To those that we loved

To those that we faintly knew

Our lives shaken

To the core

Like never before

Our livelihood

Jeopardized 

Our comfort 

Stripped away

Life will never be the same

After this year

We ignored reality

So reality had to hit us

With the force of a MAC truck

Rattled to the bones

Maybe now

Our eyes will be opened

In 2020,

For just

2 months

We realized that 

Maybe

Supposedly

Black Lives Might Matter

Possibly

Not really though

In 2020,

The reality of the racial climate

Of this nation

Of this world

Poured through our eye gates

Like a tropical storm

The little innocence we had left

Washed away

With the tears of pain

Anguish

And realization

In 2020,

Our governments

Showed their true colors

Lekki Toll Gate Massacre

Uyghur concentration camps

Failed pandemic relief

Permissive molestation of the police force

On the country’s citizens

Just to name a few

2020

Did not open the new decade

The way any of us had hoped

But despite all the loss

There was so much to gain

Many of us

Began to cherish

The meaning of 

Life

The value it had

The imminence of it being taken

Away

I hope this year

Served as a reminder to each 

And every one of us

Of the importance of life

Of the importance of community

Of the importance of the struggle

Of the importance of the revolution

Of the importance of perseverance

Of the importance of change

Of the importance of love

2020 was a “wake up call”

Let’s see if we don’t

Fall asleep

Again...

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