I wont deny
I am brave,
Hesitant not to g o for a new start
survivor, Challenger from heart
I'll do through hell and fire and chaos
Dont start.
If you think my accent is such a disability
Because you say you can understand me?
HA! ?What?
Instead of embracing it and make art
you are just rejecting asking me to deny what it is within me
that is such its part of me.
You want me to pretend I can act like an quote on quote "American."
But I think its really only you and your little box.
your tiny obsession of what you think is perfection of an All american star.
YOU ARE READING
Your All American Star
PoetrySlam poetry, this is a letter for all those directors who treat actors who have an accent like if they had a disability, because they aren't American enough. This poem was inspired in a Puerto Rican actress who was always taught she had a very rou...
