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The Bridge of Snow
The marching of black, the marching of white
The marching of ones who could
And the marching of ones who wanted
The marching of people, which need nothing more than to be together
Across the bridge of snow
Snow which would soon be colored red.
Across the bridge of snow
Snow which would soon be weighed down by the dead
The ones who said would care
Sitting at our destination for attack
The ones who said would care
Yet when asked for help, were only of lack
We all live under the same sun
I don’t understand why
We all said it would be peaceful
But for us, they lied
Blinded, in the blink of an eye
As smoke covered the once brilliant blue sky
I was bashed and mauled
Almost as if I was left there to die
The sound of hooves followed
Closer and closer to the ones who ran
Looking around at the fallout
The sounds of lighting, into one black man
A figure from the smoke tried to help me
But yet beaten down by the ones who were of law
The blood of my body stained the roads
As I made my escape and was force to crawl
The sounds of cheering from outside
From the ones who hated us the most
They were not there to be a finish line
But were there for a toast
Picked up by a stranger as we ran together
Charging through the fire of the heavy battle
The sounds of the ax of the headless horsemen
As he ran through, pushing over people with his cattle
As the smoke cleared, we were only left with a symbol
A symbol covered in blood, as we were left in loss
As it allowed us to embrace our differences and irregulars
The symbol of hope and sacrifice, the symbol of the holy cross
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On March 7th, 1965; groups of mass tried marching across the Selma Bridge. Yet in peaceful protest, they were met with a gruesome force. Officers shot, and beat many of the protesters; truly showing who and who was not on the peoples side.