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