I AM
I feel like a little bird, Trapped in a small cage, Trapped by society's gaze, Trapped by my own race, I am not a bird, I feel like a tree, Reaching for the sun, Reaching for a chance, Reaching as high as I can, I am not a tree, I feel like a flower, Getting picked on by people who run, Getting picked on by everything's glare, Getting picked on by how I look, I am not a flower, I feel like everything that I am not, I am treated as everything other than a human being, For my race makes it as though I am undeserving of being treated as a human, Our lives matter, My life matters, I am a human, I am a person of color. |
This work first appeared on youngwritersproject.org at: https://youngwritersproject.org/node/35786
Author: Dahabo Abukar is an African American poet who likes to use poetry as her way of speaking up and letting go. Poetry has been used as an outlet for many years by many people. It has also used to spread awareness and to make change. Dahabo hopes that her poems can be used to spread awareness about the BIPOC community and that they can resonate with readers.