Monday, August 16, 2010

Ralph Ellison

I was born in the sun
and raised in the night sky
until I fell on a page
that made me aware of
the color of my ink
it is too dark
but if it were
any brighter
they couldn't see me.

1 comment:

  1. This will be one of the poems I commit to memory, and recite on the first day of school each year for my students to introduce them to poetry.
    Thatls how classic your shit is, and you have no idea.

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