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To Most People

August 3, 2019
By nate-is-the-name PLATINUM, Clarksburg, Maryland
nate-is-the-name PLATINUM, Clarksburg, Maryland
22 articles 1 photo 7 comments

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We’re all nothing but walking paradoxes, and I love it!


To most people,

I’m just another black boy living in the streets.

To most people,

I’m a hoodlum because I live in the hood.

To most people,

I’m the kid voted “Mostly likely to steal or kill”.

To most people,

I’ll always live in the hood because I fit the “description”.

To most people,

I have a choice to be in this God forsaken place!

TO MOST PEOPLE,

I HAVE A CHOICE TO BE POOR TO THE DAY I DIE.

A CHOICE TO BE SCARED EVERY NIGHT I CLOSE MY EYES.

A CHOICE TO BE LOOKED AT LIKE I’M SOME ANIMAL!

Well I’m not,

I’m human too,

Just like you, a very unlucky one,

Unlike you.

From me to most people,

I was stuck with this place the day I came to life.


The author's comments:

Just a little perspective of a young African American    in the ghetto.


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on Sep. 27 2019 at 6:47 pm
nate-is-the-name PLATINUM, Clarksburg, Maryland
22 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
We’re all nothing but walking paradoxes, and I love it!

Thank you so much!!

on Sep. 24 2019 at 1:54 am
PoetFromAnotherPlanet GOLD, San Jose, California
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"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things." -T.S. Eliot

Excellent poem that displays how harmful stereotypes and assumptions can be! Whether it is the color of your skin, your weight, socioeconomic class, health, sexuality, religion, etc, people will always find a way to judge you. I hope you can find the strength to not let their words in. This is excellent work!