ENOUGH

ELSA

Florida, 2018

Emma González inspires me.

We had a shooter at our school, too.

I survived.

No more weapons of war on campus!

Enough is enough! We march for our lives.

When politicians won’t defend us from killers,

we’ll protect ourselves by voting them out.

Emma has brown skin and green eyes, just like mine.

I’m Puerto Rican, and she’s Cuban American;

I’m straight, she’s bi; I’m shy, she’s bold; but we’re both

equally brave

in our own ways,

because she speaks out loud,

while I shout on paper, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,

let’s VOTE, MARCH, SING, WRITE!

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We have to be leaders, not followers,

so that we’ll never again

be herded like sheep

toward a helpless

slaughter.

We are the hopeful future,

triumphing over this country’s

troubled past.