The Pain Of Watching Death Poem by Hebert Logerie

The pain of watching the lynching
Of our people, the pain of watching
The death of Brother George Floyd
And the sadness seeing his life being toyed
In public like his very human being was
Worthless, unimportant, because
A hard-core criminal or beast had a heavy weight
On George's back and body, on the neck of the fate
Of a powerless, handcuffed loving son
Of a mother. The world witnessed Floyd's execution
The entire universe saw an odious crime
Which hurt us all and all were saddened and alarmed
Pain is universal. We all feel the pain when
A loved one is in danger, in crisis and in tribulation
The pain of death is cruel, excruciating and inhumane
The pain of death is outrageous, evil and insane
Death is not an evil that one should wish on anybody
Death is the ultimate punishment impinged on a body
The pain of watching live a loved one being murdered
Is inconceivable. It is being asphyxiated and tortured.

Copyright © April 2020, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several poetry collections.