Idenity

Who will I be?  

Would a bird be able to see? 

Will my life end up on glee? 

There is love in the air, but I have none to spare.  

I was born in Baltimore, 

Where the Ravens play, and the cops shoot in broad day.  

My story doesn’t start there though.  

Does it start when I was 14 flipping pizza dough? 

No. 

It started when I first came to Indian Creek in 6th grade 

The school was small, air was clean, and the walls were a pale color.  

There wasn’t many who looked like me 

For this could be who I destined to be. 

A dark skin boy who had everything to learn 

A friend who would do anything to not let the bridges burn. 

Only to not know what he would turn into in return. 

I had fun in Middle School 

I had friends, good grades and a social life. 

What was I missing? 

My identity. 

I was torn between acting my color or acting like my environment. 

What if who we are in the moment depends on who are around us at that time.  

I wish I would have realized this before I spent countless nights pass 12. 

Looking for who I was, when that doesn’t matter 

All that mattered, was who I was in the moment.  

You can be many things 

A baller with a big ring 

Or a comedian with funny memes.  

I am Devin, a guy who lives and loves in the moment.