Black Voices Matter - Tumblr Posts

Today I am trying to elevate Black voices. For me, poetry has always been a way to express my truth. Sometimes my truth is beautiful and sometimes it is ugly, but has always been mine, and poetry was how I told the world. These black men and women use poetry to express their truth, and the world needs to hear it. What happened in Minneapolis was a result of years and years of the same thing: white people believing that black lives don't matter. That black voices don't matter. I know I can never do enough to heal the wounds of what white people have done in the past. But I have the responsibility to make sure that black voices are heard today. Because Black Lives have always mattered.