Orange

When given a cut or laceration

Blood spills on our community or our nation

The final step is coagulation

Let's start by process of elimination

The first step is vasoconstriction

The reduction of blood flow caused by restriction

Platelets arrive to provide adhesion

The main goal of the cells is really cohesion

Fibroblasts begin granulation

They create the scar of condemnation

When our community is filled with frustration

Our community ignored because of your negation

When we are under attack and things aren't swell

Do not be surprised by backlash from white blood cells

After all, you are the reason that we fell

And know that we will give you hell

Light torches and pitchforks for minorities

To fight off infection caused by the majority

We don't need attacks to remember how to heal

Through generations we have learned how it feels

When you invade our safe space like a bad germ

Trying your best to make us wiggle and squirm

Stabbing through us like a hook through a worm

Take our ability to heal by ending us long term

But after you scrape your knee it begins to get better

After an attack, our community stands the weather

Your attack snaps us back into reality like a pull on a tether

We tread carefully around you, light as a feather

The passing of time is what helps the most

Soon enough you'll have no reason to boast

We can finally raise our glasses and toast

To equality and happiness, at least that is our hope