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The Animals In Me

May 20, 2019
By alkebulanyanna SILVER, Aurora, Illinois
alkebulanyanna SILVER, Aurora, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: people were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves. <br /> ~Abdullah Ibrahim


Have you ever felt 

the teeth of an alligator climbing your skin, 

or have you ever felt 

an elephant sleeping on your ribs while you run. 

 

I feel a million ants

climbing on my back ribs at this moment. 

I feel two anteaters

tugging at my left knee when I wake up. 

 

I feel the rhinos

fighting each other on the back left of my brain. 

I feel the butterflies 

making cacoons around my good memories so I won't see. 

 

I feel the crickets

jumping around in my stomach avoiding burns. 

I feel the mini-chicks

pecking at my eggs until they bleed. 

 

I feel the woodpecker

resting on my left lung after he pecked some holes in my heart. 

I feel the robin

trying to fix the holes with sticks and gets frustrated. 


The author's comments:

Describes all the pain my body go through physically and emotionally. 


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