Tonea Nicole Miller(Nikki)

 Tonea Nicole Miller (Nikki)

This is why i feel like 

Ida B. Wells 

This is why my soul 

Vibin Billie holiday 

When it comes to 

Black people 

Swingin from a tree…

They don’t hang themselves

They don’t have a ladder 

No chair 

We never take ropes 

With us….

I heard a black woman 

Got lynched in 

Miami….she was goin to 

Juneteenth celebration 

And of course 

It wasn’t mainstream…

It was local…

Black Floridians 

Shook their heads 

Mad as fuck 

But this is the south 

They have known this…

Things didn’t change 

Racists

Did that on the down low 

And somebody recently told 

Me that i should change the subject 

Another reason why 

I never stop writin 

This cos my people are being 

Harmed by racial violence 

They’re tryin to get me to 

Ignore that but I wanna  

Write about it cos 

There’s always goin to be a 

Warnin, there’s always goin to 

Be a tragedy especially when it’s not 

Broadcast on the national news….

We heard it on social platforms 

News clips and no this isn’t AI….

her name is 

Tonea Nicole Miller 

She didn’t carry a ladder 

Not a chair 

Not a fuckin rope….

Cops are lyin 

Cops covered up 

And her family is cryin

Up a storm….

Strange fruit 

Never leave bare…

It stays 

And black poets like myself 

Will always write poems 

About the bloody hands of 

America 

Not to benefit black pain 

In a bad way….

But to have black people To 

Understand…

And to encourage them to fight 

Back 

Cos this is violence…

Raw violence 

It’s not a forgivable mistake….

White folks 

Especially in the down south 

They wanted to kill you….

They wanted to feel like Jim Crow all over again…

You can’t say 

Skin color doesn’t matter 

When we got a target on our black spines…

Every time unexpectedly 

Expectedly 

This is America 

And being black in America 

Is where we as black people 

Are mindin our business 

Somehow not on racism’s watch….

We do and try live our best lives 

As much as we can 

Til atrocities come to visit again…

I don’t wanna sound negative 

And sad 

But this is realistic….

Tonea didn’t have to die 

She doesn’t deserve to pass away…

I blame the system…

And we’re the victims of it…

And lynchings 

Are still a major role  

We don’t see it…

Again 

It’s a secret…

However we know….

I give her family and her friends 

A lot of sympathy…

My condolences go out to them 

Nobody deserves to lose a loved one 

At all….

😢🤬✊🏿💯©️Kai C. 6-24-26