Song for Michael Brown

I’m asking you to have some compassion

For young dead Michael Brown

And for his family

And for his city

And for the man who shot him down

And for all of the marchers

And for the cops and the soldiers

And for the angry white men on TV

And for the mothers, and the hopeful

And the fearful, and the hateful

And the righteous

And you and me

And for our friends

And for our families

And for our neighbors one and all

And most especially for the next child

For the next child we know will fall

I know God loves us

I know God loves us

I know God loves us

I don’t know how

But I’m asking you to have some compassion

For young dead Michael Brown