We Can Breathe !

We Can Breathe !

A Poem by Easter3
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In the Aftermath of the Eric Garner Choke Hold Decision........

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Don’t Bring Me down
Don’t Hold Me down
Don’t Choke Me down
Forever Silence Me
Instead
When I stretch out My Hand
To Grasp Yours 
In Extended Needed Trust
And You stretch out Your Hand
To Grasp Mine 
In Extended Needed Trust
We 
Can Breathe !
When that Moment
Of Extended Needed Trust
Is Imbued with 
The Peaceful 
Dignity and Disciplines
Of Attempted Understandings
Eventual Empathy
Open Ears
Open Hearts
Open Minds and Souls
Actions of Compassion
Equal Justice
And Opportunities
For All under the Law
And Nurturing and Sustaining
Bridge Building
We Can Breathe !
We Can !
Breathe !
We Can Soar and Sing !
We Can !
Soar !
We Can !
Sing !
It All Begins and Ends
With the Ability and Capacity
To Breathe !

© 2014 Easter3


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Added on December 6, 2014
Last Updated on December 6, 2014
Tags: Eric Garner, Chokeholds and the Ability and C, social and individual ethics and, racism, empathy, extended levels of Trust

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Easter3
Easter3

Liberty Hill, TX



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Leah Sellers is a native Texan who has enjoyed four varied careers in her lifetime as a: Secondary Education teacher in the fields of English, History, Journalism and Special Education, an Activity di.. more..

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