We The People of the United States of America
demanded change.
celebrations of stonewall
of juneteenth
of people of color.
protests for black lives,
immigrant lives,
gay lives,
trans lives,
minority lives,
and for everyone in between.
We The People
demanded change,
marching in the broken, pothole ridden pavement streets
of our biggest cities,
making the loudest noises we could muster,
screaming just to be heard.
We The People
demanded change.
We The People of the United States of America
have spoken.
We The People of Michigan
flipped the state.
our voices made a red state, blue as it was before.
We The People of Michigan
only flipped the state
because of the votes
from wayne county.
the votes that came from black voters.
We The People of Michigan
would have been red
if they didn’t use their voices
and exercise their rights.
We The People of Oklahoma
have spoken.
have elected the first non-binary, muslim, person of color
into the state legislature.
We The People of Oklahoma
have spoken,
and now, Mauree Turner,
you speak for us.
We The People of Delaware
have spoken.
have elected the first ever transgender woman
as a state senator.
We The People of Delaware
have spoken,
and now, Sarah McBride,
you speak for us.
Mauree Turner, Sarah McBride, and Kamala Harris,
you represent something bigger than yourselves.
something bigger than america.
you represent black lives,
muslim lives,
transgender lives,
queer lives,
minority lives.
you represent lives that matter.
you represent voices that need to be amplified.
We The People of the United States
have spoken on your behalf.
now, you must speak on ours.
protect us,
like you would protect your sons,
or daughters,
or children.
your nieces,
or nephews,
or your sibling’s kids.
protect us, like you would want to be protected.
because We The People of the United States of America
deserve protecting.
we deserve protecting,
like children deserve to be released from cages.
like families deserve to be reunited,
even though they should’ve never been separated in the first place.
We The People
deserve a reform of ICE.
make them humane again.
make them remember that we are all people,
and we are all equal,
and we all deserve protecting.
we all deserve protecting,
like black people deserve to not get murdered by police.
like black children deserve to walk home from the corner store,
without getting stopped by cops,
and given lethal doses of drugs they did not consent to receiving.
we deserve protecting like George Floyd deserves to be alive right now.
like Breonna Taylor deserves justice.
we all deserve to be protected
in the ways that america failed to protect them.
we all deserve protecting,
like transgender people deserve to serve in the military,
if they choose to do so.
like lgbqt+ people deserve health care,
and shouldn’t be allowed to be denied
if they’re “suspected” to be gay.
like transitioning procedures deserve to be covered under insurances;
these are not elective surgeries,
everyone deserves to be comfortable in their own bodies,
the same way we all deserve to be protected.
We The People of the United States of America
have been failed for far too long,
to stand by complacently and let it happen again.
We The People of the United States
demanded change.
We The People
have spoken.
We The People have elected officials
that represent more than just themselves.
We The People have elected officials
to protect us,
all of us.
and We The People
demand it’s well past time
that they start doing so.