Fertile passions<\/p>\n
helped me remember<\/p>\n
my strength when I decided to leap<\/p>\n
yet my new living space did not stimulate my senses<\/p>\n
instead I was confined by prejudices of neighbors<\/p>\n
judging my family size<\/p>\n
the adult to child ratio<\/p>\n
pairing it with my skin<\/p>\n
Judging my story<\/p>\n
I never lived this close to them before<\/p>\n
cracking blue ice of naivety<\/p>\n
a space the sun never quite rose in<\/p>\n
thinking it was safe for me now in this world<\/p>\n
with every movement<\/p>\n
noise calls were made about me<\/p>\n
we couldn\u2019t walk<\/p>\n
couldn’t move<\/p>\n
couldn’t play<\/p>\n
All of us afraid to breathe<\/p>\n
like we were all an animal sighting<\/p>\n
Of something once extinct<\/p>\n
Observed as a subhuman until I retreated to another space<\/p>\n
where my toes were allowed to spread.<\/p>\n
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