Why they think laws, bills
Never meant to protect
Gone keep truth from us
justice
Let’s start a movement
Let’s start a movement
Let’s start a simple movement
Relieving the burden of proof
From those who are oppressed
Relieving the burden of proof
From those who are marginalized
Relieving the burden of proof
From cultures that have been appropriated
Let’s start a powerful movement
Relieving the burden of proof
From those who experience micro aggressions
Relieving the burden of proof
From those that experience systemic racism
Relieving the burden of proof
From those that experience discrimination and prejudice
Let’s start a movement of believing those experiences by relieving the burden of proof requirement to be heard.
DeShauna Hollie
Justice Work
I used to think that resistance is the only path to justice
Then I was reminded of all those who came before me
I was reminded of all those who worked together for justice
Justice work is hard work, but justice work is work that we do together
It never has to be lonely work
And it never has to be defined by what we are resisting
Instead it can be defined by what we are working towards so that work may continue until all our battles are won 
We are here
We are here in this place of hate and fear
We are here in this place where
None of us can remain silent
We are here in this place where
We all shout out that:
“You are wrong
Children belong with their parents
Your fear and your hate-
you can keep all
to yourself.
We want no part in your political games
That
Destroys families and
That
Traumatizes us all
Leaving us
Broken and shattered
Like your
Political soul that
Survives on
Fear and hate”
We are here in this place
Where your
Fear and hate
Will
Not
Win
Life
I like intermixing
All my little life joys with
Passion for justice
Lyrical Way
Song and dance, lyrical words and moves, artistic strokes, guiding us through the hardest days and hardest nights
Life not performances, realities of the world catching up with us, moving through us, connecting us
Because we are not meant to walk this walk alone, we are not meant to heal alone.
Guide our feet as we embrace hands extending love, hope and forgiveness in the dignity of the lives we live
Some Days
Some days I want to stop
posting
I want to stop responding
Some days I want to pretend
that I don’t see
that I don’t know
what’s going on
But the call of
peace
the call of
justice
Is so loud
that even on ‘some days’
I cannot ignore it
D.S. Hollie 