Please,
Hear us. 
Please,
Respond instead 
Of react. 
Please, 
Let’s all try
To stop
Only feeling 
Attacked. 

Please, 
Let’s try to understand 
And make things right. 
We need solutions
And good will; 
Not a fight.  

Please
Care. 
Please
Acknowledge. 
Please
Hear.
Please,  
Here,
Right now,
We can do 
Something. 

Please, 
We need to do
Something. 
Please, 
We have to do
Something.
©2018 Emily Kopp

Emily Kopp is a writer who will always speak out for the unheard. A former gymnast who had a heart and kidney transplant, Emily also has hearing loss in both ears and recently beat cancer. She hopes she can be a light in the darkness to help inspire change.