Image of me

people who look like me

have been called

rapist and steelers

lazy and leeches 

and put behind a divider screen

its okay they only know the though of me 

last time i checked 

we were blood donors

business owners 

game changers 

Japanese majors 

but that image that you painted

on the tv screen 

its not an image of me 

or my family 

and i don't let blind words control me

 my grandfathers struggle is burned onto me

and for that i wont forget

I am a legacy 

all this hard work

and so many people want to disregard it 

but we haven't made any rapist

just college graduates 

its okay they only know the thought of me

the thought of us

and i wont let it make our hard work go to bust

their words only amount to the weight of a feather

if you want to silence them

dont 

and just smile when you get your college acceptance letter 

I'm here because of my grandparents sacrifice

from living in a cardboard house

to a taste of city life

and I'm going to enjoy it regardless of other peoples lies 

Reviews

[PoeticChico]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can relate to every single f*****g word you wrote here!

I love that you capture the pain and insult we have to go through everyday.

We might be from other Race, Sex, Gender, Ethnicity, Culture or Color but at the end of the day we are HUMAN BEINGS and we, like anyone else, DESERVE to be treated EQUALLY!

THANKS FOR SHARING THIS PIECE!

[Marcus Medrano]

oh thank you so much :) i just wanted to write something that told people who are different that their hard work means just as much as anyone else's and that they should be proud of where they come from

[PoeticChico]

And you accomplished that. Thank you for writing this.