• I am small.
• I am invisible
• To the world, I don't exist.
• I am silent, yet sensible.
• To them, I pose no threat.
• I am "The Mute;"
• The kid in the back.
• The kid with no voice who speaks through a notepad.
• The kid no one sees,
• Or even bothers to look at.
• I am a ghost.
• A weed in the garden.
• I am a child of no one, to be easily forgotten.
• I am black.
• And I am sad.
• I wish I had a hand to be held by a dad.
• I wish I had his smile to make me happy when I'm sad.
• I need a new heart.
• This one hurts too much.
• I am not white.
• I am not rich.
• I am not living.
• But to live is my wish.
• I will fight this oppression.
• And I will find my way.
• Because I am a force that shall not be swayed.
• I am of God, as he is of me.
• So I will fight until I am free.
• I am strong.
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