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I Love Life

I Love Life

Thalya Baptiste, USA
Poetry

I love how the one time I ask for help no will give it to me.

I love how people don’t believe in me because I am black.

I love how people don’t believe in me because I am not smart.

I love how even in my darkest moments people still manage to make them even darker.

I love how I’m not able to let loose and be free because I’ll be called irresponsible.

I love how I work day and night to please everyone and still remain unhappy.

I love how no one cares about me or my accomplishments.

I love how it is the 21st century and because I’m black no one cares if I spend the next 4 or 5 years of my life rotting away slowly and quietly.

I love this because throughout all the pain and suffering I will still manage to prove everyone wrong.

I am black, who cares. Get over yourselves. It’s the 21st century. I love me. And I love fact that one day when I am capable I will prove them all wrong.


Thalya Baptiste, USA
Poetry
Thalya Baptiste, USA

My name is Thalya Baptiste. I am 13 years old, and I live in Newark, New Jersey. I am a very down-to-earth and calm person. But in reality, I am usually stressed even though I am at such a young age; sometimes I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders. My brother doesn’t really have time to help out around the house and neither does my mom or dad, so I basically do all the chores and clean the house along with my sister-in-law, who also goes to work everyday. On top of that, I have school. I am an high-honor roll student and I have a certain reputation. I expect myself to do well, and anything other than that isn’t acceptable. Those aren’t my school’s standards, those are mine. But through all the stress and gray hairs, writing helps. Writing as always been my escape. Whenever I write I feel like I'm in a room by myself with my journal just writing. I could do that forever. I would do that forever. 

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