Afterward: Emmet Till
Dec 8, 2021
A Poem
It was 1955
a fourteen-year-old boy died
It is 2021
the federal government stated
the case is done
Emmet’s family wonders still
will there ever be justice
for Emmet Till?
How much more time
will pass before there is
justice at last?
The accuser is now old & frail,
the murderers died before
ever seeing jail.
Emmet was just a boy
treated like an animal
in a time when Blackness
was treated like an animal
in a time, today, that Blackness
is still treated like an animal.
When will Emmet rest in peace?
When will Blackness be at peace?
Only time will tell, until then
I wish Emmet’s spirit well.
