Strength

Voices laced with sugar and poison
Assaults my senses
Constantly...
Until the hue of my skin
And the sex of my person
Matters more than the brain in my head
Or the size of my heart
Or the strength of spirit

In unbearable sadness
I watch
the line between friend and enemy
blur and melt into one

Slowly give birth to actions
That the mind can't accept and the heart
Can barely fathom

Shaking the foundation of reality
That I once stood upon

So even if I fall
Even if my heart is covered in unseen scars
Don't look so surprised when I stand
Back up
Against the rain..