I am from a petite, two-bedroom apartment,
an apartment with a yard the size of a classroom,
a yard I played in until the age of six.

I am from a modern, light grey house,
a house with a pool, a hot tub, and a hand-built swing set,
a swing set that I spent four days helping my dad build.

I am from a humbly populated middle school,
a middle school in which my graduating class had 56 students,
56 students, majority of which I no longer am in contact with.

I am from a two campus high school,
a high school where there is privilege,
privilege that isn’t given a second glance by the students who live with it.

I am from a segregated and discriminatory society,
a society where to be successful, you must be white,
and if then if you’re white, you must be a male.

I am from a corrupt country,
a country where people are valued less because of their genes,
genes that they have no control over.

I am from a place where I hope that these issues will have change,
a change in the way people are treated by each other,
so that everyone can have the chance to be happy.

And one day, I hope to be from a place where all can be equal and happy,
a place as happy as I was in the two-bedroom apartment and limited yard,
a yard I played in until the age of 6.