8 Minutes 46 Seconds Comments

5 stars for significance of the poem.

(cont.) Did I say God should have made humans all the same color? She should have made us all the sams gender as well. btw, I no longer believe in God.

-I was not in the minds and 'hearts' of the police involved. Life sucks at times and racism is only one one causes.

My main exposure to racism was from TV news. Too bad God did not think kindly enough about humans to make us all black, or yellow or green or purple or...white.

I am a 'white' human male. I was raised in central New York State with few 'blacks' in my small dity, though maybe five % of my high school class were not white.

(read more about the murder of George Floyd and its aftermath on Wikipedia.

after videos made by witnesses and security cameras became public, all four officers were fired.[23] Two autopsies, and one autopsy review, found Floyd's death to be a homicide.[

Great thoughts, Uche! Very moving and touching the heart!

Thought provoking I must say. Eight minutes forty six seconds my death turned to a campaign rally. The poem just seems to capture everything. Great work Uche

The most gruesome murder of George Floyd as an act of racial discrimination and police brutality against black person chronicled. Thanks for sharing.10++

A well deserving Member Poem of the Day powerfully written by a world class poet and superb man. Salutations to you good Uche, you sir and your thought-provoking poem deserve this accolade. And some poems like people never truly die, they live on forever.

Eight minutes, forty six seconds is all it took for my world to crash. in Minneapolis..... in this centuary........? ? ? such a thing happens. slavery, condemnation remains as ruling devil in the heart of many. tony

The reactions from both white and people of all colors against this brutality is a pointer for a positive change that is coming to the world. ; Eight Minutes and forty seconds; , I can not breathe - the last words of Floyd have become a sort of slogan against racism and it has its repercussions in the whole world.

Eight minutes forty six seconds, suddenly the world realises black lives matter.- - - - It sums up the agonies and angsts of black people who are discriminated against because of the color of their skin.The death of George Floyd at the hand of a brute police officer has exposed the flaws of a world plagued by racial divide.

Eight minutes forty six seconds, no one to respond to my call for help. Eight minutes forty six seconds, is all it took for my American dream to die. Eight minutes forty six seconds, all it took to see Minneapolis no more. Eight minutes forty six seconds, my forty six years on earth grind to a halt. Eight minutes forty six seconds, I couldn't say goodbye to my two kids.

True depiction of the event and its aftermath! Touching! Congrats on poem of day!

The redundancy of the lines stresses the focal point of this tragic poem - racism. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on POD. : -)

A great piece 👌👌👌 Well deserved 👍

Only eight minutes and forty seconds they needed to tell the universe that they have the choice to be wicked, cruel, racists, evil, egoistic, apartheid, discriminatory, oppressive, suppressive and non-compromising. Very much touching poem indeed. Thanks for sharing.

Hmmm Wonderful choice of words and composure here. Unarguably relatable. It surely deserves a “10“