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The Instructor Said MAG
The Instructor said,
Go home and write,
a page tonight,
and let that page come out of you,
Then it will be true.
Langston Hughes
The world is in a state of racial confusion.
Being Black is hard -
being part White even harder.
You may say that you understand and
think that you do -
but you can't.
My history defines who I am -
my joy, my pain, my fears,
my sacrifices, my triumphs
ME.
And we don't share the same history.
Being Black I have to overcome many things:
all the hate
all the hurt
the present.
Free your mind they say -
end the hate.
But how?
when it is sometimes a part of
who I have become -
my only defense against the distress of
not being accepted for I am
But Why?
when our society thrives on
ignorance and supports the construction of
the walls that separate us.
Because -
Hate destroys the ones who hate and
we must all survive.
Being a teenager is hard. I try to figure out
who I am and
Who I want to be.
It's like looking in the mirror one day
and not recognizing
The person I see.
it is not easy to know what is true for you and me.
Because I am still trying to figure out what the
Truth really is.
Sometimes you may not agree with what I say,
Who I am or what I think -
sometimes I care.
But aren't we all striving for the same goal?
To just be who we are -
whoever that may be.
And do what we want -
whatever that is.
Who knows?
Maybe on our journey through life (together)
we will discover what it really means to be
you and me.
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