Friday, 12 August 2022

I run with Maud

 

In memory and resistance for Ahmaud Arbery who was lynched in Georgia US on Feb23rd 2020.



The day they lynched Ahmaud



Ahmaud got up, ready for his day,

As a runner he loved his run, the peace, the rhythm,



Lynchers, overseers, had other ideas, they hunted him down,

They had a plan, they were finding a black man to kill that day,



Ahmaud found, on his usual route, running in peace,

Lynchers struck, he fought hard, died trying to crawl away, one last bullet in the back, to steal his life.



Against white hatred with guns, what hope has a lone black runner?



I run with Maud.