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Identity MAG

May 12, 2010
By AllysenBursex3 SILVER, Gibsonton, Florida
AllysenBursex3 SILVER, Gibsonton, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't listen to the radio." <3


With skin the color of my pen's ink
And eyes the color of honey, fresh from the
Honeybee's hive – I discover appearance.
Birthed to a family of hand-clapping,
foot-stomping, and
Sunday school – I discover my culture.
Pulsing in the temple of my brain and at the top of
My calves, I discover my strength.

With a mind racing at the speed of light,
I discover my intelligence.
With a voice, firm when I speak but
melodious when I sing,
I discover my passion.
Eyes planted on eighteen little cousins, I
discover my future.

With the sensuality of my speech I
reveal myself.
This is me. Raw and pure. No strings
attached, no anecdotes
To tell. Urban expression and juvenile
learned lessons –
A young black woman is who I am. AP
classes and exams
Create a two-way mirror for the world to
peer through,
All you see is what I allow you to. That one side of me.
But to know me is to embrace my love of
culture – to ride the
Streets bumpin' Badu through the woofers. See I found my identity, and
No, not through compliments and nice
tendencies. I wish that everyone could be
As free as me. But you'll continue to
be incarcerated.
Until you find that I D E N T I T Y.



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on Sep. 8 2014 at 5:10 pm
TargonTheDragon GOLD, Ofallon, Missouri
15 articles 16 photos 292 comments

Favorite Quote:
First dentistry was painless.<br /> Then bicycles were chainless,<br /> Carriages were horseless,<br /> And many laws enforceless.<br /> <br /> Next cookery was fireless,<br /> Telegraphy was wireless,<br /> Cigars were nicotineless,<br /> And coffee caffeineless.<br /> <br /> Soon oranges were seedless,<br /> The putting green was weedless,<br /> The college boy was hatless,<br /> The proper diet fatless.<br /> <br /> New motor roads are dustless,<br /> The latest steel is rustless,<br /> Our tennis courts are sodless,<br /> Our new religion &mdash; godless.

Yup, i am still incarcerated, and i wont be free till i find that IDENTITY.    excellent job btw

on Aug. 13 2011 at 11:12 pm
maki_rain BRONZE, Rocklin, California
2 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
A hero is not a man more courageous than others, but a man courageous for a little while longer.

Wow. I really really liked this. Most of it had a really good flow. I'm impressed and humbled. I think my favorite part though is "Urban expression and juvenile learned lessons."