There is
a hurt
a flame
consuming our people.

These wounds will bubble over
and grow,
running in the streets
consuming. Everything.

The country
will
have to
address it
before
it consumes us all.

Angela Shanté is an Award-winning children’s book author and poet. She grew up in New York City where she first fell in love with storytelling, spoken word, and Hip-Hop; all of which influence her as a writer. She received an MFA in Creative writing from New York City college where she discovered her love of experimental poetics.