Erasure (Acrostic)

Erased–blood stains and voices

Roadway washed clean by rain

Anger and outrage quelled

Silenced by media’s waning interest

Under the ground in which he’s buried roots still grow

Racism–spreading like crabgrass

Eviscerating the people of justice.

 

~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~

 

Comments

8 responses to “Erasure (Acrostic)”

  1. writersdream9 Avatar

    Wow! You are so right! We must not forget him! Very well written!

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      But inevitably we always do and that is something that has bothered me over the years. Thank you Carol.

  2. Kate Houck Avatar

    Powerful poem. Thanks for writing this!

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      Thank you Kate, I appreciate that very much.

  3. martha0stout Avatar

    How quickly people forget…

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      Indeed they do, that is the problem, we have such short-term memories.

  4. RoSy Avatar

    So sad…

    1. Dom DiFrancesco Avatar

      Yes it is, I bothers me that we forget these type of terrible events as soon as the next news cycle starts.

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