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warborn
its cute to see the blaze
burning inside your veins
simmering your blood
‘til you let it rage
mine is an arson scene because
i crawled out of my mother’s womb
fighting battles for things i couldn’t understand
the burden growing heavier
as i discovered more about myself
and the world
and how the world is against people like myself
sixteen years later
i am beyond exhausted
my spark has ceased
my soul has frosted
i am done fighting
but my people are not through suffering.
we suffer violence
60, 49, 33
and for what?
what has killing ever accomplished?
we suffer slander
whore, slut, ho
not to mention the slurs
which are spat at our faces.
we suffer injustice
courts, cities, riots
anywhere we go
we go in fear.
you can be silent about my fight, my struggle
but as much as i would like to pretend
that my people don’t suffer
i cannot.
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I wrote this piece about civil rights issues and how they affect me. I submitted it to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in 2021, and have applied for a scholarship with it.