“Say what you want
But people are already dying.
Say what you want
But children will be without families.
They will go into foster care.
Their souls will be crushed.
Say what you want
But children are dying.
By separation and broken hearts.
Say what you want
But families are being torn apart.
They will probably never see each other again.
Say what you want
But this is deeply rooted in hatred.
Deeply rooted in fear.
Deeply rooted in racism, sexism, xenoism, privilege, entitlement.
And it calls itself a Christian.
Say what you want
But we are dealing with more than laws.
More than policies.
More than money.
We are dealing with actual lives.
Say what you want
because you will.
You have keyboard courage.
Say what you want
Because you can.
You have a backspace, an edit tool, a delete option.
An opinion.
Say what you want
But change won’t happen here.
In this virtual world.
It’s out there.
But some won’t say what they want
Because they are indifferent.
They are silent.
And that says everything.
But maybe you won’t say what you want
Because you’re still in shock.
You need time to process
And then you’ll say what you want.
Maybe.
But maybe you’ll sit idly by
Waiting for others to take care of it.
Maybe you will not ever say what you want.
But one day you will have to say something.
Either on the side of resistance
Or hate.
You will post some article
That excuses your heart of hateful words
And graceless love.
You will spew your way of words
That will only say that everyone else is wrong.
And that’s all you will ever say.
Say what you want
But your words of hate and actions of ignorance
Have already built a wall.
And we are already tearing it down.
So go ahead. Say what you want.
Because when you do
I’ll be out there doing something about it.”
