this
revolution
this
struggle
inside the courtroom
out on the streets
up in the cloud
through Zoom calls
& op-eds & podcasts & tweets
To
manifest
black lives matter
dismantle
systemic racism
curb
police terrorism

Is rooted
behind jail & prison walls
grounded in the
Shackled, caged away humans
Inspired by
those scarred, beaten, stripped by this system
Begins with
their stories of suffering at the blood soaked hands of our state.

From, with, for
them
We rise, rebel & reimagine
So they don’t hurt anymore

(Photo of a solidarity march and rally outside of Santa Clara County Main Jail on August16, 2020.)