Not to get political, but

Not to get political, but the Latina girl thrown into the sea of white gets hurt.

A boyfriend with both parents, an older brother, and a suburban home

As she lays in bed, faded into her own laughter and tracing lace skirts

Pretending it doesn't bother her that her dad never calls her phone.

Not to get political, but the Latina girl thrown into the sea of white gets hurt.

A Government class in which Racist slurs are thrown as a joke

As she sits in a uncomfortable chair, smiling softly at the rest

Pretending her throat isn't caught at her ethnicity's silent protests to their insistent pokes

Not to get political, but the Latina girl thrown into the sea of white gets hurt.

A Caucasian, male friend group that comforts her storm

As she chokes on tears she can't explain to them

Pretending it didn't hurt when their president won and her illegal cousin had just been born.

Not to get political, but the Latina girl thrown into the sea of white gets hurt.

A viewpoint expected from her, but still surprising if muttered

As her community views her as Spicy and Exotic

Pretending her voice can only be used for entertainment and not as a tool

Not to get political, but the Latina girl thrown into the sea of white can grow.

An idea of who she is- formed, but contradicted

As she breaks her passivity in order to protect what is hers

No longer pretending to be anything but what she was meant to be.

Me.