Different
They call me different because of the way I look, act, learn
But they say it like it's a bad thing
I am different. I am. But I am not embarrassed by it, I am not ashamed.
Opinion
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Sunflower
My favorite flower is a sunflower
Sunflowers represent
Happiness,
Positivity,
And Loyalty
There is more but these I personally think are the best and most important...
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The Next Step
What do I do,
as a black woman,
when they get control?
when the consequences
don't matter anymore?
when I watch my people
get bullied,
get beat,
get murdered,
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Speechless
I mean what do you even say? I feel like I can't trust my fellow Americans. I'm walking down the street, looking at people. Wondering "did you vote for the man who wants to take away human rights? MY rights?" How could evil win?
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Today
Today I've walked around school in a haze
I don't know what to do
How to feel
I don't understand
How he won again
I don't think I want to understand
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Red (white and blue)
Red:
The color of blood
The color of the hearts that are going to be ripped out
ripped out and thrown aside.
Red,
the color this country became
as of... yesterday?
White:
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Stupidity
Some people vote, but never think,
Their choices shallow, quick to sink.
They cheer and boast, with voices loud,
But wisdom’s lost inside the crowd. -
Results
Results
In a country that was once blue
It is now red
It is now scary
Results
Flood in
From different states
Battleground states
Is there blood there?
Results
Determine our country
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Where did our freedom go?
Freedom is to have the right to
Speak,
And to Think
But
What happened to that freedom?
Where did it go? Did we lose it, or did we never actually have it?
They tell us we can think what we want
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Reality
I write too much of things that aren't real. The imagined fear and pain of living a life I haven't got.
This life I have, this life is real, and I am on the precipice of demise.
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The Coming Climb
No.
I refuse to be afraid.
We are so caught in the coming climb
We forget to turn and see the cliffs we've scaled.
I am living in a country where a woman is bracing for a climb to greater heights
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The people and our contrary
The people and our contrary...
This is just what I think...
Why do we blame everyone else?
Why can't we own our own mistakes?
No one can tell you what to do