<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=444736" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Too Proud Of It I Have Been</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was never discouraging to me, <br>When at a time I had been accused...<br>Of not having an identity.<br>And I was breaking down barriers, <br>Blocked and barricaded...<br>By those who 'still' do not understand, <br>The purpose and extent of my creativity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not exist to represent a cause or a group.<br>To spin circles around insecurities some pursue.<br>I am here to challenge those who make excuses, <br>For themselves to use.<br>And...<br>To state my talents are not ethnic based.<br>With limitations others may be accustomed to, <br>That allows them to continue their own self hate.<br>Seeking to be accepted and approved...<br>Has never been the shoes I walked comfortably in.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember being told I was not 'black'.<br>Because I dared to cross assorted boundaries...<br>At a time judgemental 'blacks' were uncomfortable to do that.<br>And sat unadventured around and behind walls, <br>Closing in upon their backs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember being told I had 'sold out'! <br>By the very same folks...<br>Who today prance and dance about, <br>In places they once pointed me out as not being 'Afrocentric'.<br>And they wonder why more people like them, <br>Are not going to those places with a paying of their visits.<br>Only to arrive to announce their indifference.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not to learn.<br>Not to accept.<br>But to reject, <br>The experience.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was never discouraging to me, <br>When at a time I had been accused...<br>Of not having an identity.<br>Because I've always knew who it 'is' I am.<br>And for sixty-four years I've never tried to hide that fact.<br>Too proud of it I have been.<br>And comfortable in my skin.</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=444736" data-title="Too Proud Of It I Have Been de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="It was never discouraging to me, When at a time I had been accused... Of not having an identity. And I was breaking down barriers, Blocked and barricaded... By those who 'still' do not understand, The purpose and extent of my creativity. I do ..."></div> </div> </div>

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