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Oh, My People
Oh, my people
How I mourn for you
How I cry for you
How I’d die for you
Oh, my people
You were just being you
There was nothing you could do
As he shot you down too
Oh, my people
I promise I’ll never forget
I promise that I won’t let
This promise be an empty regret
Oh, my people
This won’t have been for nothing
Everyone will remember something
This hate will end and we’ll all start loving
My people
When the kids are in charge
We won’t let this slide
We won’t let them hide
In the safety of their hate
My people
When the kids are in charge
We won’t stay silent
We won’t defend violent
Acts of anger and terror
And still
Oh, my people
How I long for you
Desperate pleas of safety
Tumbling from my lips
Oh, my people
How I love you
Oh, my people
We will be strong
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I am a 15-year-old girl who lives in the Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh area where the Tree of Life synagogue shooting took place last weekend. I have written these poems to help me cope with the tragedy.