How can I smile when 2/3 of me have been <br />oppressed? Yet I am told to just hold my head <br />up and do my best. <br /> <br />You want me to work hard so the corporation <br />can do well? It seems hard to succeed when <br />half of my people are sitting in Jail. <br /> <br />Some people say that I am a KING. <br />Others say I am not a person, but a thing. <br /> <br />There are some things the teachers want to <br />hide. Like the moon, history also has a <br />dark side. <br /> <br />They say to have power you must first obtain <br />knowledge. We must be pretty weak since only <br />30% of us make it to college. <br /> <br />Who am I? Wouldn't you like to know? I am <br />an oppressed King, the tree that was <br />forbidden to grow. <br /> <br />But you're not ready to open you eyes. <br />So just like me, you wear a disguise<br /><br />James Royster<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/identity-4/
