We live in a time
When it seems all news
Is bad news
And no news
Is just the same
If you are in the know
You know too much
If you’re out of the loop
You don’t know enough
We live in a time
When hate seems to shine
Brighter than love
When the cameras tend
To only point one way
We live in a time
When lives only matter
If they’re trending at the time
Gay
Black
Cops
White
Muslim
If a hashtag can be attached
It matters
We live in a time
When we should have realized
By now
That any and all lives
Are precious
And not one of us can say
If one matters more
Than the other
We live in a time
When many people
Can hear and read
The thoughts of just one person
Easier than ever before
If they sift through the rubble
Of negative posts
Ugly memes
And horrifying headlines
We live in a time
When the voice of one
Could be everything we need
If that one voice
Could somehow find its way
To everyone