You decide what it is I should be.
You decide how I should act...
And whether or not I'm 'black' enough
To represent my blackness as fact.
You decide what limitations I fit in!
And while you are doing that...
I'll decide you don't exist!
I'm living my life,
Not thinking at all about your shhhh!
I think you get the picture!
You need me to have it framed?
Lawrence S. Pertillar
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-think-you-get-the-picture/
