<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=440644" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Others May Mistake A Duck</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember being defined, <br>By...<br>How I spoke with a wish to be understood.<br>Pronunciating words with a clarity.<br>And spoken in the way they were spelled, <br>As they were meant to be.<br>I was not the one to accept mediocrity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember being judge by the way I looked.<br>Where I lived and the interest in others I took.<br>And what I had to present and didn't.<br>I was 'out-of-it' to many.<br>And this was said to me as if to restrict.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember putting a stamp on my identity.<br>And the acceptance of this, <br>Had been rejected by others who could not then see.<br>In fact...others would approach me, <br>As if I had commited treason.<br>Or had an incurable disease.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">People can be cruel when making their assessments.<br>As if those selected needed to be taught a few lessons.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today with integrity and my identity intact, <br>I do not declare my 'Blackness'.<br>I've always been proud of that.<br>What is obvious to me needs no announcing of fact.<br>Or do I oppose those with a host of opinions, <br>To appear more bold to the ones opposing my goals.<br>Finished or not they will never be diminished.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have learned not to pay naysayers any attention.<br>Or give them time to stretch the limits of their minds.<br>If others may mistake a duck in wasted debates, <br>To argue what they see is a parakeet...<br>Or something else to be caged.<br>They will have those same issues forever on display.<br>Regardless how outdated their manifestations, <br>With them stay.</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=440644" data-title="Others May Mistake A Duck de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I remember being defined, By... How I spoke with a wish to be understood. Pronunciating words with a clarity. And spoken in the way they were spelled, As they were meant to be. I was not the one to accept mediocrity. I remember being judge by t..."></div> </div> </div>

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