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K. Jared Hosein - (People) So I'm Indian...

2014-11-07 6 Dailymotion

Does it offend you <br />That the same Paintbrush that <br />Swirls the golden twilight sky <br />Is the same One that painted <br />The complexion of this brown guy? <br /> <br />Does it irk you <br />That I have skin the colour of earth <br />And how gladly I flaunt it about? <br />Does it annoy you <br />That my voice is of a different tone, <br />Does it mute the words <br />That spring from my mouth? <br /> <br />Does it anger you <br />When I worship God <br />That I am so strangely clothed? <br />When you see us <br />Walking happily on your sidewalks, <br />Are we loathed? <br /> <br />Does it make your blood boil <br />That we sing our songs <br />In a language you don't understand? <br />Are you urged <br />To put us on broken-down banana boats <br />And ship us back to our India land? <br /> <br />So I'm Indian, <br />Am I that different from you? <br />Whatever you may think, <br />I know that I am beautiful <br />And that I shine, <br />Because you see, <br />We are just different fruits of the same tree, <br />And this tree is as yours <br />As it is mine.<br /><br />K. Jared Hosein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/people-so-i-m-indian/

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