I HAVE RECENTLY SEEN SOME VIDEOS ONLINE AND THE NEWS AND SOME COMMENTS AND ACTIONS THAT HAS HAPPEN TO AFRICAN AMERICANS RECENTLY. AN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL. IT STABBED ME RIGHT IN THE HEART IT UPSET ME ON HOW PEOPLE CAN FEED ON ANY RACE WITH NO REASON. I KNOW AFRICAN AMERICANS ALSO CAN BE RACIST TO CAUCASIANS I DON\'T SUPPORT THAT. BUT I CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT THE THINGS I CAN UNDERSTAND OR HAVE FELT. MY POEM I AM GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW I FELT AT THE TIME AND IM NOT TRYING TO INSULT ANYONE SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO MAKE YOU ANGRY YOU ARE WELCOMED TO NOT READ IT THIS IS TAKING A LOT BRAVERY TO DO THIS SO THANK YOU AND ENJOY
My skin to me is just a cover something that is matter-less though at first that is what it seemed
Somehow my skin is seen as many different things
Some positive so many negatives and wrongs
No one told me before that my skin was a flaw
Police would curse or beat the people that look similar to me in color
Although you wouldn’t think of such a thing
So you ignore but it all comes back into place
A young man leaves a store with a smile on his face
That is what I seen but I guess the police seen different
They figured he was smiling because he had robbed and left with a gun in hand
So they shot him instead
He is now dead a true story told short
A sad story people can’t admit
The police officers were suspended with pay for that awful mistake
Now I know where I stand
My skin is worth less then the dirt I stand
It is seen as many things
Yet people don’t understand
My skin is not a bullet
My mind is not a scam
My hands are not violent
Everyone is not the same
We are all different in many ways
Individuals never seem to come to mind when you think of my skin type
I guess to me at first it seemed matter less
But now my skin has a meaning
One that is personal to me
I see strong
And a fight for freedom
Not a bit but completely
I see beauty
And scares with stories
I see a person who once was a child who has mom and a dad
I see a person who works just like everyone else no different
I see a human
A Beautiful Human Being
Something some just can’t see
When I look at my skin I see me
A girl who has a wonderful family
Im a individual there is only one me
MY SKIN IS ALSO A BEAUTIFUL THING
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