Poems from Auora Faustini
Female. Mixed raced. Lived in 5 different countries.
Not British. Not American. Do not live in America, live in London. My profile keeps saying American Poet even if I have tried to change it.
I just want constructive feedback on the things I write.
(This is a found poem.
Dashes equal a beat.)
Treat racism like COVID19 -
Assume you have it!
Do not deny the symptoms -
Eradicate and kill...
(This is a found poem.
Dashes equal a beat.)
I wish things would go back to normal -
Why are you prioritizing your want for normalcy
over...
As she wrote every stroke of the pen
brought back a memory, a trauma.
The more she wrote, the freer she felt.
It was like the chains that...
(This is a found poem)
How to be actively anti-racist.
The Hate You Give.
The system is not broken, it was built this way.
I CAN’T BREATH....
(Dashes equal a beat)
I guess you are me -
You are my conscience, my soul -
The wind that brings life.
-- By Aurora Faustini