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Love vs Color

August 9, 2022
By alissac123 SILVER, Apex, North Carolina
alissac123 SILVER, Apex, North Carolina
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Brown curly hair, brown eyes, tan skin

High ego

But kinda cute

Was what I thought when I entered my fifth grade classroom on the first day of school

Little did I know what I will be faced with

He said funny jokes, to make me smile and laugh on days where I was feeling the glooms

Teased me so I would tease him back

Carried my big suitcase for me on a field trip

Got slime on my hair so he could clean it off and come close to me

I was falling for him

My innocent self not knowing the dangers of love

When he said to a friend, ¨No, I don't like her¨

Why

¨Cause shes brown¨

Bam, the sound of a invisible bullet piercing through my heart

He didn't mean it did he

He couldn't have

It all struck me in a split second

Discrimination

Race

Hate 

Color

he couldn't accept the fact that he liked me to his white friends

He was embarrassed of me

He was just like the rest of them

Choosing his reputation over everything we´ve been through

Siding with society instead of with me

Choosing color over love

Maybe he would apologize 

But deep down even in that innocent mind of my 10 year old self

I knew things would never the be same between us

And I was right


The author's comments:

Hi, my name is Amruta I. and I am currently a rising freshman and am 14 years old. My roots and heritage trace back to the small villages in South India, where my parents were born. As a Indian American teenager life has a lot of obstacles to offer to try and get me to give up on my culture, but whenever I feel that way poetry is who I go to. I release all my emotions into a poem and it is my way of coping with stress and all the feelings in me. I love that poetry is so diverse just like the world around us, and it allows us to express ourselves and create an impact. Besides writing poetry I also learn and perform Indian classical dance, also known as Bharatanatyam. I started learning Bharatanatyam at the tender age of 4 and it has grown to become a part of me. I am very passionate towards Indian classical dance as it's further connected me to my heritage.


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