I feel the eyes watching me as I take a step <br />I hear the voices taunting me with every breath <br />Sometimes I wish that my skin was white <br />But would that really make things right? <br />I talk with others that are of my own <br />And the others laugh, so I'm all alone <br /> <br />I'm afraid that love will come harder than most <br />As I try so hard while the other's boast <br />But maybe my love will be greater then theirs <br />Not like the other love where nobody cares <br />And the person I am, I would never be <br />If the colour was not what you see.<br /><br />Joseph Lee<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-is-who-i-am-8/
