I Am America Too

By Kael-El Avila

I am America too, a piece of it at least.
Not by blood, yet by birth I am so.
Some people argue this though -
And I try to ignore their feasts.
Feasts of insults, hitting harder than a bus.
They might say,
"Illegal,"
"Narco,"
"Trash,"
Thinking I will hide behind my Mexican flag,
But I stand in front, tall and proud.
Because I know where those words come from -
The power of projection.
Thinking that just because they feel insecurity -
They can hurt people like me and ignore their own maturity
You may be a piece of America, but I am too.
I -
Am -
America.

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