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Your Home, not ours

April 18, 2019
By lawrag BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
lawrag BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
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You make me feel out of place

Even when I'm doing nothing, standing next to you I am less

I get judged for listening to your type of music,

Dressing like you,

I get told that I should just be me,

Authentic,

Unique,

But that is nearly impossible to do in a world that you own.

We are different,

In almost every aspect.

You live life to the fullest

I do the same while trying to avoid bullets

That you present us with every now and then

We dance in your shadows

We persevere and try our best to win the fight

But you constantly remind us that we don't have a chance… at least not for a while.


The author's comments:

I chose to write my poem in direct address because I want the person on the other end to feel the emotion and empathy as if they are in the shoes of the writer. I feel writing in this point of view helps to engage readers and in some ways emphasizes the negative view associated with the poem. I hope it would grab the reader's attention as I am speaking directly to them. I believe it will help to persuade the audience and personally feel involved or affected by the situation or feel as they were the ones who caused it. I decided to switch between direct address and first person in that it limits the distance between the reader and writer and makes the poem a bit more intimate. This poem can be used in whatever context you envision it.


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