CHAPTER FOURTY

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Being normal.

One thing that I've learned is that I will reach absolutely no one's standards.

Except maybe Elijah's.

Maybe.

I have never been self conscious.
I have never been afraid of someone's looks or pose (mostly because I would never be able to see them).

But evidently people are afraid of those things.

Elijah explains to me that people over look him all the time because of the color of his skin. Because of the stereotypes, looks, and pose.

He didn't sound upset or angry. . .
He sounded used to it.

And I wish he wasn't.

I wish he was angry beyond belief, but he isn't.

If I was him I'd start a riot.

The things Elijah says are things that you learn about in school that you think could never happen again and still do.

He acts like it's normal for people like him to be seen less than a person like me and I hate it.

I hate it so much it makes me want to vomit.

It's not normal to hate someone for those reasons, but evidently being normal has everything to do with hate.

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