To Be Excepted Or Not To Be

To Be Excepted or Not To Be

I am me

Confused and left out

Bi-Racially

Partially excepted by one race while barely acknowledged by the other

I am racially mixed

Raised by a black man and born to mixed woman

Living in an all-black culture, identifying as black was who I thought I was

But I couldn’t ignore my other side

I didn’t look like the rest

Light skinned, long curly hair

It is who I am. It is in my DNA.

I am the product of two people who didn’t see color.

Two people whose decision was not excepted and discriminated against on both sides

Being accepted by my family through default

I wasn’t deaf to the secret conversations about my identity

Bi-racial I am, that’s me, I am me

Is this my fault?

Where do I fit in?

Too often I catch the stares, hear the snares, and comments like,

I talk like a white person

I got some good hair

I think I’m better than them

But my speech is articulate

My hair is a mess

And who is them because I don’t know who them is

By whatever do they even mean

I talk like myself

I look like myself

I am not better; I am just me

Way to often the world becomes consumed in another’s life

So much so, we fail as people to acknowledge and except that no one person is better than the next

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Success is happiness

Jealousy and envy within oneself make us hate one another

The color of your skin, my skin, their skin is still skin with just a different tone

No matter fair skin, tan skin, freckles skin, brown skin, dark skin

One’s color does not define who they are

Stronger together than alone and as one

We were all created the same but with differences so we can all fulfill our own purpose

But this world only sees color on levels of hierarchy

Fun fact though, black is dominate

Intimidating even for fear of overshadowing

 But who said the color white was so superior

Without color you lack life

So what, I am who I am, bi-racially black and white

But in all honesty, I’m just me

I’m not caring anymore if I’m excepted or not

I am just me and you are you

I can’t be you because you are you

You can’t be me because I am me

So, let’s just agree to be excepted or not

WE DO NOT CARE, WE LOVE WHO WE ARE

But most of all

WE LOVE EACH OTHER!