divergent

I don't watch the news anymore.
I can't, because
every single time I turn the TV on, 
there's either a story about a 
rape,
kidnapping, 
drug abuse,
fraud, or
shootings.
I don't feel safe anymore.
No kid should never have to
not feel safe. 

If I had gone to the 
rally on 1/6/21,
I might've died. 
All because I'm not the
perfect American teenage girl and
I'm not straight.
When will it be enough?

When will you finally put down your arms,
say that you got what you wanted?
When will you finally admit all of the
horrible things you've did, and
the people you've scarred?
When?
What do we have to do
as people,
as citizens,
as those living under the 
United States Constitution that
our Founding Fathers wrote so
we could feel safe?

I. Don't. Feel. Safe. 

I'm scared for my friend who is
a Black female playing a 
white and male-dominant sport.
I'm scared for my friend who is
transgender and dealing with a 
lot of shit from a lot of people right now.
I'm scared for everyone who
doesn't fit into the boxes
that society has created 
for us.

Divergent, when we are supposed to be
Dauntless,
Amity,
Erudite,
Abnengation,
Candor.

We break the system.

When will it be enough?

When will you realize that?