Outcast

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Poem by: Sohaaaaail

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Status: Finished | Genre: Poetry | House: Supremacy Writing

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Submitted: October 19, 2017

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Outcast

I attended a Catholic school,
And I was the only Asian in my class,
It was so difficult to integrate,
No one gave me a helping hand,
I was called many names, apart from the one I was given,
Because I wasn't the same as them,
Everyone treated me different,
I began to blame myself for this,
I almost hated who I was,
There were times I wished I wasn't Asian,
As only then, this treatment would stop,
But slowly, I came to accept my life,
I proudly embraced my culture,
I ignored every racist ant around me,
I gave my heart a brand new structure,
Foundations that could withstand the treatment,
And pass it off as a joke,
From that point onwards, I became invincible,
Strapped with abilities to cope,
Life wasn't perfect, but it wasn't that bad,
I battled each day as it came,
I looked at everyone, who disrespected me,
And hoped that one day they would change...

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Nika2016

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Thu, October 19th, 2017 9:18am

The pain of being an "outsider" is not tied to any one culture, but the indelible mark it leaves on the soul is...damaging...My little blond kindergartner was lost in a sea of darker faces...He began to question his right to be human...Moving to a new area...a second America...I was totally confronted for my existence..challenged at every turn for being the person who was embraced by my former culture. Like you, I had to redefine what it meant to be me in a foreign place. But you, had to live with something you could not change. The soul rises to meet these challenges..and you are a stronger person for having had to forge yourself in fire...but you should never have had to do this...
A very passionate and painful poem that the world should read....