Napowrimon Day 15: humanizing your villians

"Nostrand ave"

First: please stop.
You make me feel unsafe.
It's not a compliment.

Second: I'm sure
You have women in your
life. Do you catcall
Them too?

Third: I am
White. You are black. I know
There are upsetting race
Dynamics at play here.

I do not know what

It feels like to have my

Culture and history ripped

From the hands of my ancestors

And left raw and bloodied

And with the word "black"

I do not know how 

It feels to be afraid of the

Police. But I know

Fifth: What it

feels like to feel unsafe

Walking home. Clutching at the

Pepper spray in my pocket

Like a prayer.

Sixth: When are

you afraid for your life? 

Certainly not when

Seventh: I turn

and tell you "That's not an

Ok way to talk to women"

And you scream "bitch"

To my retreating back.

Eight: How many

Times have you walked

Home with your gaze trained

Over your shoulder? How many

Times have you kept your ears

Tuned around silent headphones,

Listening for any footsteps 

Following you? 

Nine: How can

I condemn you?

Ten: How can

I forgive you?