Excerpt from PART I by JLHenry
“Do you see me? No, do you really see me?
My very essence? My being?
I am more than a Black man—I am a father, a son, a brother.
Why even bother when all you see is a monster?”
A routine stop. A conversation turned confrontation.
Obedience met with violence.
“I’m just trying to make it back to my family… in one piece.”
As ribs shatter under bullets and breath slips away, the silence screams louder than sirens.
JLHenry’s PART I is not just a poem—it’s a cry, a chronicle, a confrontation with systemic injustice.
Feel the fear. Taste the tragedy. Witness the truth