You ought not

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You ought not

You don’t have to be a man, to protect a man
you ought not to be a Black, to defend a Black.
You don’t have to be poor to stand up for a poor,
you don’t need to be a child, to protect a child.

You don’t have to be guilty to comprehend a fault.
You ought not be tired to recognize exhastion,
you don’t need to be happy to uphold happyness.

You don’t have to be winning to rejoice for a medal
you don’t have to be naked to know the cold
nor to understand what it is
loosing everything.
You ought not to agree to welcome a conflict.

I don’t have to be you to understand you,
I don’t want to miss you if I want to see you.

You don’t have to be here to know my difficulty.
You don’t need to be seen,
to exist.
‘just need to be alive,
you need to be awake.

[Laura Leone, dicembre 2021]

2022-01-01T19:05:05+01:00