" if i am killed for simply living, let death be kinder than man. " - Kinder Than Man, Althea Davis.

if i am killed,

mangled and beaten,

for simply living,

my rights are in a chokehold,

gasping for the air they once were able to breathe in deep.

the air that made them feel so free,

like a bird in the great open sky,

or a puppy full of sweet little dreams.