The New Death Song

He cried out heplessly
I can't breathe!
I don't want to die!
help me, please!
 
They stood by  
watching
some silent
some pleading.
 
Let him go
he did no wrong!
I can't breathe
became a death song.
 
I just want to go home
what's my crime?
Can you please call my mother
so I can say goodbye?
 
He cried out hopelessly
I can't breathe!
as his life drifted away
under the deadly knees.
 
They only laughed
mockingly
ignoring him
his life didn't matter.
 
He doesn't belong
in this hate-filled world
so God took him back
now he has become a martyr.
 
Black lives matter
now our song of hope
I can't breathe
the new death song.