You stepped across my silences
you unheard my whispers for help
and now that I’m fighting back
you call me names and turn your back.
I am the child of this soil
the backbone of your economy
yet you care not
that I go to the dogs.
And so I stand at your door
day in and day out
with my brothers in arms,
asking, pleading, forcing you to think
about the law you passed
against me and my kind.
You and your co-conspirators
can no longer do as you please
for we will fight back
as it is our sustenance after all
that you have tried to take away.
