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We are Diamonds
March 14, 2016
We were born a burden
We were born expendable
Words floating through my mind
We are glass
They are diamonds
We live to reflect
While they live to shine
We were born uncivilized
We were born lost
Like you once told me
"life is never fair"
Fighting for our freedom
They won't answer my prayers
They might have a throne
But People like us will never be heir
© Arianna J., Temecula, CA
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This was a poem written for a project we did on To Kill a Mockingbird at my school. It shows how Blacks in America were oppressed by comparing them to glass which says how invisible they are. This poem says how change is very hard, and that it has to be worked for.