<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=439943" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Not Afrocentric Enough</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Years ago...<br>They acted as if, <br>I was an embarrassment to them.<br>Not Afrocentric enough.<br>Even though I had identity, <br>Branded on my 'strut-and-stuff'! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My name, Lawrence Suhuba<br>Yuroban selected.<br>Doubling the meaning of my given name.<br>Suhuba (Lawrence) now Lawrence S.<br>Proud of my heritage and having no shame! <br>None to confess.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today I 'strut' with my stuff all over the internet.<br>Doing what I've done most of my life.<br>And that's write.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I might have been an embarrassment to them then...<br>But 'them' not feeling comfortable to be who they are now, <br>Should embarrass them more! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since having no identity today, <br>Makes little sense since everything folks have lived for...<br>To impress with materialism has diminished in value.<br>And everything they are has been invested in it! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My head is held high...<br>Most times.<br>If I am not in deep thought! <br>And...<br>I might not have a dime in my pocket.<br>Most times, <br>My mind tells me I'm worth millions! <br>And I look to the ground, <br>Just to make sure I'm not dropping any of it!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=439943" data-title="Not Afrocentric Enough de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Years ago... They acted as if, I was an embarrassment to them. Not Afrocentric enough. Even though I had identity, Branded on my 'strut-and-stuff'! My name, Lawrence Suhuba Yuroban selected. Doubling the meaning of my given name. Suhuba (Lawre..."></div> </div> </div>

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