I DIDN'T KNOW...

George Zimmerman is in the news again. No surprise. You reap what you sow!

 

I didn't mean to kill a kid but I couldn't tell the truth
Truth is I just saw a N***a; I didn't see a youth
It was dark and it was raining
I wasn't looking for any grief
But a black man walking in a storm
Just has to be a thief

 

I just had to stop him
I knew he was doing wrong
Walking around "casing" innocent people’s homes
I tried to call the police but they never respond
So it was up to me to stop him; I was glad I brought my gun!

 

I slowly walked up to him, he was on his phone
I asked him who he was; He said "Leave me alone!"
His attitude convinced me he was up to no good
I asked, "What are you doing here? Is this your neighborhood?"
He tried to walk away but I grabbed him by his clothes
That’s when he screamed "Get off me!" and punched me in the nose
We started tussling and I wrestled him to the ground
He started to get the best of me so I had to put him down

 

I didn't mean to kill him but I can't tell the truth
I thought he was just a criminal; I didn't see a youth
I can still hear his screaming, I hear it every night
I was just trying to be a hero; I thought I was doing right

Yet in the quiet of my being I hear God tell me the truth
I stole that young man's hopes, his promise, and his youth.

© 2013 Eddie Phillips

Author's Note

I pulled this poem after I wrote it. I decided that Zimmerman was not worth a poem from me. Given the stuff that has happened after the trial I have decided that truth is truth. You reap what you sow! If you never read this poem I encourage you to read it, even if it pisses you off!