I AM...

I am the child that you read about

The one who has seen things that you thought were only in movies
I am the one that you follow in the store

Because the stereotype makes you think I want and need to steal from you

I am that child the didn't understand

That the color of my skin me so much to people

I am a STRONG BLACK WOMAN

I am the girl who left home went to college

And came back a Woman of Sigma Gamma Rho Soroity Inc.

I am a woman who has seen hate

I am the same woman who has walked away from hate

I have walk through the cotton fields of my past

And cried the tears of the Black slaves

I am a women who has been dealt the cruel hand of pain and sadness

And made it to see another day

I am a Mother

I am the one who has loved and lost

With few regrets

I am...

By Tacorra Anderson