#emma zeck

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[truthseekerinchrist]

[nooksickle]

I Would Start Fires Too

If I kneeled peacefully

and was ridiculed

and my voice not heard

I would start fires too

If flames were louder than

my screams

that echoed throughout generations

and fell silent on this nation

I would burn down every city

out of my frustration

If those who killed my brothers and sisters

blamed us

for their senseless violence

I too would light a match

and show them how it feels

to be silenced

Who am I

in a position of privilege

to tell those who are marginalized

how to react to oppression

as if their behavior

wasn’t a response to the trauma

we have created

and their moral character

was what is in question

If I cannot see the fires

as a result of voices

that have been extinguished

needing my attention

I am the one who should be under a microscope

I am the one whose character

should be in question

- by Emma Zeck 

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[haleyincarnate]

Writing by Emma Zeck

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