Variation of the Human Spectrum by DeUndrae

I tread along the sidewalk
Tread along town
Beside the flaming rug
And along with the zephyr
I see fingers pointing
Faces jeering
And I cover 
My face
Shroud myself
In darkness
Or at least behind one of the large broccolis
Laughter goes on
Fingers are bayonets
Piercing my heart
Piercing my confidence
"Your kind are weird," they say
"They need to be cured"
"Can't you be of any use?"
And a river of snot creeps down my nostrils
A deluge of tears become waterfalls
My pride
My pride
O my pride
Hic
Hic
Sniff
An experiment
Is that what I am to you?
Am I a burden to you
Or a threat to society?
Am I a monster carved from Satan's flesh
That need to be slain?
Answer me
For my soul wants proof
That the Aryan race exists
"Leave him alone!" a voice says
I look up
And the fingers,
Laughter-
Gone
"Are you okay?" 
The same voice
And I turn back
To see a girl
Dressed in a cotton strawberry dress,
Skin peachy as-well-a peach
I smile
And she smiles back
I grab her hand
And she, mine
We gazed at each other
And I blushed when she blushed
Or she blushed when I blushed
"Avis," she said
And I blushed harder
A Coca-Cola can
"DeUndrae"
Hooray! One person in the world
One person accepts me
A gift from God
One of  nature's prizes
I'm not an experiment
Nor an object 
I'm a human
Purely made in the sight of God
I'm just one of many variations of
The Human Spectrum
And I'm happy with that

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Comments

ChrissieJo

06 June 2009

This is good. One has to read it at a Fast pace. The message is well captured and delivered clearly. on the one hand, it could be a minute snap shot of a person's thinking but on the other, a summary of life experiences,. Either way, it works well. 

It might be quite a nice RAP piece 'cos it has that breathless Rhythm to it. 
Great!, well done.


Cheers!

zion613

22 June 2009

This is very effective, very touching. An eye-opening depiction of what it's like to be different in a society that frowns on difference. The hopeful ending shows faith that society's homogenization is not permanent, and that we will progress toward further acceptace and love.

I think it would benefit, though, from being shortened a bit. Sometimes when there are so many words it dilutes the message.

Happy writing! ;)

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