No One Can See the Hidden Ocean I've Created

I Am Poem

by Akoni Drysdale-Ash I am Manly and Weak I wonder if I can make it to be successful I hear all the Black lives lost and I hear revenge I see protests I see tears I see fights I want to save lives and avenge my dead ancestors I am Manly and weak I pretend I'm Happy I feel my success I feel happiness coming I touch the halfway mark there but around me is pain and defeat I worry if I'll be happy and successful I cry when I'm unhappy and when I feel alone I am Manly and weak I understand that I'll never be what I really wanna be I say in my next life I'll be a male and that I'll be comfy I dream to help the world and myself I try to have better times and better days I hope to be a better person I am Manly and weak.

I pray my Grandma gets better Peace and soul—Jaqueline Davis 26