War Cry

And they made us fight for this 

without knowing we're warriors for this

from a literate people for this 

as I take in the beauty of this 

and they say we aren't made for this 

and they can't see the fierce in us 

and it doesn’t matter 

what we think of us 

because these compulsory spaces of this 

exclude the whole fullness of us 

and they'll deny the fearing of us 

of being a literate us

while they keep us fighting with us 

instead of advancing as us 

and my tears 

have flowed deep for this

and I know 

we can 

do better . . .

because . . . 

THIS.

-- Do you see?