A Silent Street

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A silent street, a town so tranquil And all I had were thoughts to untangle. I was content with my silence, up in my room, All was quiet before the boom. A metaphorical boom but a boom no less, And after this boom there was no rest.

A subtle boom, but a boom with vibrations, A boom with vibrations that swept the nations. The vibrations started to bring things to light, Like tales of people who went down without a fight. They had their rights read to them, And in the end it caused mayhem. There was George Floyd and Elijah McCain, Then the vicious cycle started again.

Lati Akinyemi, Year 12 School House

This drawing is of a photo taken during a Black Lives Matter protest in Texas during the summer of 2020 as a response to the murder of George Floyd. Horseback protesters led the line as 60,000 citizens demonstrated peacefully against Floyd’s murder in his hometown of Houston.