I don’t look like
what I feel like
Wasn’t raised like
what I look like
Look like one
and not the other
Feel like both
and feel like neither
It leaves me
stumbling to speak
and unfamiliar with how
I’m supposed to get by –
but what I do with this
is up to me
and you don’t get
to decide
July 4, 2012
Biracial Ditty To Learn And Sing
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July 6th, 2012 at 10:38 am
Is it really up to you? i sometimes wonder…
July 6th, 2012 at 11:22 am
It has to be if you want to survive in a healthy way. You can cope with every incorrect assumption and stereotype if you are certain of your own grasp of it.