Witness

 

I was there

  every gunshot

unnerved me

the rampant looting left me disgusted

every cry stabbed deep

within my heart

I clenched my fist

desperately needing to forget the deaths

I had witnessed that day

overrun by

thugs

greed

  exploiting

destroying

raping

burning

  L.A. is not the same

  a city of ash

may we never forget

 

 

 

7:44am 10-1-2001

 

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