i am i

I AM I, AND YOU ARE YOU ASSIGNMENT FOR ENGLISH CLASS I AM NOT WHAT YOU SEE YET THERE’S NO REASON TO FEAR ME PROUD OF MY ENSLAVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS FEELING DEEP PAIN AND SORROW FOR THOSE OF ANOTHER COLOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SHARE MY PAST MY PEOPLE ARE STRONG; LOOK HOW LONG WE FOUGHT AND SLAVER DID NOT LAST I SEE BLACK LETTERS POWERING OVER A WHITE PAGE HEART FULL OF ANGER FEEL MY FLAMES CRY OF THUNDER EYES FULL OF TEARS ALL THOSE YEARS MY PEOPLE HAD TO KEEP THEIR LIPS SEALED I AM, I AM. THE CREATION OF MANY YEARS FROM HOT COMBS TO PERMS FROM BEBOP TO HIP TERMS NAPPY ROOTS TO BROKEN SHOES COLOR THAT RICH PAIN BESTOWED ON BRANDED BLACK KIDS WHITE PAGE WITH BLACK LETTERS BLACK I AM’BLACK COAL BLACK MAGIC BLACK NITE BUT HEY WHATS WRONG WITH NOT HAVING LIGHT BLACK IS THE DIRT THAT MAKES THE EARTH BLACK IS THE POT THAT FEEDS HUNGRY KIDS I AM I THE KETTLE THAT SINGS THE BEE THAT SINGS THE BRAVE SPIRIT PROUD OF ALL BLACK THINGS I AM I BUT WHO IS YOU A FOOL NOT TO SEE WHAT I SEE IN ME