Fed Up

I'm tired of being constantly judged because of my race

I'm a human just like you. I bleed the same color. I cry the same tears.

So why do you think you're above me?

You have not conquered all I have

You have not broken down boundaries for your rights as I have

Yet you think you have the right to look down upon me.

But despite your constant judgment

I shall not be broken or shattered,

Resilient I am

I'm infrangible, Incorruptible, Invulnerable

And most of all, I'm fed up with your constant judgment

You try to tear me down and wear down my courage,

But my faith is like that of a stubborn old horse

I don't slowly fray after one tug

My color will not fade after one round

Instead, I will stand tall

My head held high

My heart that of elastic

I can take more than you think

You have underestimated me

I have taken your loads of judgment, hatred, abuse

And despite it, I continue to stand tall

So next time you wish to call me inferior

I dare you to live through the hate and suffering that

I go through on a day-to-day basis

And see how much you can endure

Then I dare you to tell me to my face

That you could withstand a minute of it

Because It's clear that it will be lies

And why would someone

so high and mighty stoop to the level of a liar

For such a thing called pride

That my ancestors threw away every time

They bowed to your ancestors' feet

To clean their floors and be whipped by them

Simply because they were a different skin tone

You may think you are superior people

But your minds certainly aren't

So this is my time

To rise up against you

To stand up to you the way they never could

Because of a thing called fear

That, I have thrown away

There is no room for 'fear' in my life

My ancestors lived with that every day

So they had enough for the both of us

For I am blessed with a freedom to be myself

And that I will not throw away for you

Because the day will come when I rise up

And you will be the one under me

But instead of looking down on you

I will extend my hand out down below

And pull you up

Because I want to show you what the bigger man is supposed to be like

They are supposed to lift up those beneath them, not step on them

Because in the end, boundaries will be broken

And light will be stolen

So I suggest you get a flashlight and keep your white

Because this time, you will be the one in the dark