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Before I Was Alive

By Shaina Cintron


Before I knew myself,

I knew to stay quiet in a room 

Full of strangers.


Because my energy was to be muted.


Before I knew myself, 

I knew to chase paper

Without knowing its origin

Or 

How it is used to keep us in chains.


Before I knew myself,

I knew the darkness of the ones who birthed me

By two colors


Black and blue.


Before I knew myself, 

I knew through my DNA

I was considered non-human, 

But a piece to lay with.


Before I knew myself,

I knew that those in position to tell us who we are

Were never in position of knowing 

Who we are.


Before I knew myself, 

I knew 

The fire 

The death 

And fury 

It took for me to get here.


By Shaina Cintron


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