He never had a chance
a young boy playing cops & robbers,
in the park with a pellet gun in his pants
a gift from his long lost father.

 

Using his imagination to save the world
wielding a toy that all the bad guys feared,
his dream was the weapon he hurled
whose youth is now revered.

 

For the evening of November 22nd
came the due diligence of the Ohio police,
responding to a call they never questioned
as they quickly hit the streets.

 

Where they came upon young Tamir Rice
playing in the park outside of his home,
amid his chest they shot him twice
taking a life they’d never known.

 

Now forever gone from a world he saved
taken by those sworn to serve &protect,
fighting for justice beyond the grave
where innocence met its death.