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People of America

We are the people of America.

Who Bleed

Who Strive

Who Cry

Who bleed the blood of our ancestors. The fighters

and protectors of the true native lands of wealth and

prosperity, who were ripped away for your

sustenance. Dehumanized and silenced left to bleed

from wounds not talked about. Left to bleed until our

blood runs out. Taking your brutality with every lash

of America because my ideologies kept me strong

and humble. Knowing that my blood spills for love and

life, for generation to come, and all the people who

share the same strife. Your brutality is unwarranted

for you bleed the same way I do. But I have to fight

with my life for a chance to rise above my

circumstance.

Who cry for the privilege to be undeniably

American because my birth rights to freedom and

opportunity was denied at your border. But with

pride aside I come humbly with a need and

yearning for peace of mind. I see your true

intentions. So with bitter tears I cry because the

wisdom of your injustices is a burden our children

will have to carry. For we are slain in the streets

and slain in the name of our country. Left in the

public eye to be viewed as symbols of American

pride. But I stand for something more than an

inherited corruption. For we will shed our sorrows

to make room for happiness. Because I forgive you

for the lives you have taken because I have already

mourned the loss of a nation. And though I fear I

have more hope for the future and pray my plea

doesn’t fall upon deaf ears.

Who strive for life, liberty, and the pursuit of

happiness. For I made a commitment to my

country to fight against injustice to open the

dream of freedom to all. Because my safety is

our safety. But in a world that is unhealthily

disjointed and engulfed in darkness. I just want

to be content and know that though I fear there

is still room for courage to reach the

unattainable. For the best has yet to come for

we have not imagined all the possibilities for

barriers to be bombarded by change. Because

we will rewrite the stories of the new America.

We will be known.

BLOOMING Poems by Jalen Taylor

People of America

BLOOMING
Poems by Jalen Taylor