Negativity and racism roams through our society, it\u2019s something we can\u2019t get rid of, permanent like a sharpie.
\nI can be the nicest person in the world, or your worst enemy, switch like a light switch.
\nThe realness that I write, I can make your mind twitch. Make you think if you should stop or keep reading, why stop now? You have to hear the happy ending.
\nStep by step my confidence starts to rise, it\u2019s a good morning, and I\u2019m glad to see the sun rise.
\nListen to my words and let them take you on a joyride. Fly so high, drive past Mars, glare at all the stars and shake hands with god.
\nVisit all my friends that never got a chance, where their first mistake was hopping that fence, trying to be someone they\u2019re not.
\nHaving their pants dangle by their thighs, walking down the street throwing up gang signs.
\nThey loved being \u201chood\u201d they loved it with a passion, with a flag out their pocket, yes that was their fashion.
\nBullets fly through the air and now their life is flashing.
\nI guess so much for a happy ending, but take notes from my words of wisdom.
\nLife is dangerous so be careful with what you say.<\/p>\n
Trey,\u00a016 and a student at Franklin High School in Seattle,\u00a0participated in the\u00a02012 Dr. Carver Gayton Youth Curator Program at the\u00a0Northwest African American Museum.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0He and his fellow curators worked with writer\u00a0Daemond Arrindell\u00a0<\/a>on poems based on \u00a0the Northwest Gallery exhibition, \u201cXenobia Bailey: Aesthetics of Funk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Negativity and racism roams through our society, it\u2019s something we can\u2019t get rid of, permanent like a sharpie. I can be the nicest person in the world, or your worst enemy, switch like a light switch. The realness that I … Continue reading