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Home they say ,

Is who you are

Not where you are from but

 

How can I feel secure?

When who I am is 

Not the norm.

How can I feel acceptance?

When who I am is

Not the norm.

How can I feel love?

When who I am is 

Not the norm.

 

This land I call my homeplace 

Has become a place where those who share my skin,

Pumped full of melanin,

Are again no longer safe in a place that

WE built

WE nutured

WE struggled for

 

How can this be home,

If I can't be me?

 

 

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