The Segregated

The Segregated

Sitting in the backyard garden

Waiting for the sun to rise

It comes too early to let me sleep

Too late to stop my mind from wandering

Thinking about the people who are segregated

Not allowed to live the life they should

For the majority they don’t exist

Primitives to be caged like animals

Not allowed to speak for themselves

Their lives are ruled by others

Others who live their lives a thousand miles away

They do not know those people

They have never met a single one of them

Yet they have to live as the others decide

Maybe if the sun rises on others

If it gives them time to think

The segregated will be seen as humans

And they will have a voice that someone will hear

Once again they will be human

Little One

Little One

Where is the little girl I knew?

The one who played hopscotch

With pigtails hanging down on her shoulders

I remember the freckles that covered your nose

You played baseball and you played with lizards

And you thought boys were yucky

That was so many years ago

You grew up until you were an adult

The freckles disappeared a lifetime go

The pigtails left long before that

You became a woman

Strong and beautiful

And boys are no longer yucky

I do have to tell you my Little One

When I see a picture of you now

I do not see the sexual woman the camera sees

I still see that little girl

Wearing pigtails and playing hopscotch

Playing baseball with the yucky boys

That is the girl I see and I always will

And that Little One will never change

I Died Today

I Died Today

I died today

I know that you will not shed a tear

You know my life was yours

I was sad when you left

I was so happy when you came hope

Still, I was scared at the same time

I didn’t behave the way you wanted me to

I did do bad things

I ate your shoes

I peed on the floor

You never taught me what you wanted

All I wanted to do was please you

My life was made whenever we went for a walk

You never had the time

So I sat by the door while you watched the TV

All I wanted was to be your friend

But you didn’t care

I know you loved me once

You played we me

We walked for miles

And I got all the petting you could give me

But, that doesn’t matter

I died today

Killed by a stranger in a white room

I do know that you will not cry

You will not even remember that I died today