Unaware, I walk on gravel
unnoticed until my eyes go down.
Hundreds, maybe thousands
crushed under my foot.
Don't tell me it doesn't hurt them
because they are rocks.
I am a rock
constantly being crushed.
If not by a foot
then by the forces of man
Crushed because of the color of my skin.
Crushed because of my ***
Crushed because of my sexuality.
In this scenario, my foot is the oppressor
pushing the rocks further into the ground
How much weight do I have to put on the rocks to make them
disappear further?
Understand, I am that rock
and that foot is the world around me.
But I will not be pressed
and put into the ground.
My rock will stick to the sole of the shoe
and with every rock-felt step it makes
the shoe will know I am there to stay.
The more it steps
the deeper I will embed myself
Until I can no longer
go unnoticed.
Nov 10, 2015
Nov 10, 2015 at 10:00 PM UTC
Unaware, I walk on gravel
unnoticed until my eyes go down.
Hundreds, maybe thousands
crushed under my foot.
Don't tell me it doesn't hurt them
because they are rocks.
I am a rock
constantly being crushed.
If not by a foot
then by the forces of man
Crushed because of the color of my skin.
Crushed because of my ***
Crushed because of my sexuality.
In this scenario, my foot is the oppressor
pushing the rocks further into the ground
How much weight do I have to put on the rocks to make them
disappear further?
Understand, I am that rock
and that foot is the world around me.
But I will not be pressed
and put into the ground.
My rock will stick to the sole of the shoe
and with every rock-felt step it makes
the shoe will know I am there to stay.
The more it steps
the deeper I will embed myself
Until I can no longer
go unnoticed.
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