Legacy: Psychiatric Reflections on a Verdict
A conviction represents a cautious step toward increased justice...
POETRY FOR INCLUSION
Just verdict
a peculiar outcome
for Black mamas
and daddies
hearts flutter
and souls
exhale
Black footed gazelle
exhales from
the ether
a choir of
watchful voices
descend
with cautious gusto
Victory lap
triumphs with
the runner
streets of
Glynn County
rise in
solidarity
The spirit of
Ray Charles
engulfs sidewalks
singing Georgia
on My Mind
Spirt of Ahmaud
Rise
Dream
Run
Dr Clark is an outpatient psychiatrist at Prisma Health-Upstate and clinical associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville. He served on the American Psychiatric Association’s Task Force to Address Structural Racism Throughout Psychiatry, and he currently serves as the Diversity and Inclusion section editor and advisory board member for Psychiatric TimesTM.
