IN MAY 2020, THE MURDER OF A BLACK MAN IN MINNEAPOLIS STIRRED INDIGNATION ACROSS THE WORLD, WHICH URGED CAMPAIGNS AND PROTESTS AGAINST VIOLENCE AND SYSTEMIC RACISM TOWARD BLACK PEOPLE. THIS POEM TAKES INSPIRATION FROM THE CLAUSE “BLACK LIVES MATTER'‘, COINED BY AN INTERNATIONAL ACTIVIST MOVEMENT, ORIGINATING FROM THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.