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Juneteenth

A poem I wrote June 19th 2017

By Tasjanah Anderson Published 4 years ago 1 min read
Juneteenth
Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash

I’m searching but, what am I looking for? I'm scrolling but-

What am I hoping to see?

Pass codes and telephones

But who am I gona meet?

Who am I going to be.

They keep us on our toes

Making sure we dont skip a beat.

I follow you, you follow me

Is this how living goes?

We just follow the fleet

A follow on I-G.

But can this be my legacy?

Can I pass this down to make sure that they have a better life than me?

To Live life free

To think and to be-

With no boundaries!

Searching..

I'm searching for self worth and prosperity.

Finding.

Discovering the limit and understanding that there is none.

Im woke

And Waking up

tapping the kings and queens next to me

Building up black

Black power

Black love

Black matters

Being brown and black matters

And over the course of time our people have had to choose between,

Being or Being black.

Searching for our meaning

Im Searching for my meaning

But what comes up is bleak

But when i look into me or a black stranger on the street

Our mind and our body shine with 246 possibilities

I can and I will be

Anything ✨

inspirational

About the Creator

Tasjanah Anderson

Fireredd . Photographer/ Rapper / Writer

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