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Solly Mack
Solly Mack's Journal
Solly Mack's Journal
June 18, 2015
In Defiance of Hate
by anonymous, 1987, after the Forsyth County, Ga. Civil Rights marches. I was there.
"My Skin"
My skin, my skin it burns... you
your eyes
your mind
your heart
You rant
You rage
You hate...
me
But my skin, my skin it burns
with life
with joy
with pride
I live
I learn
I love...
me
Your hate will never define me
Your violence will never confine me
I am
I will
I shall be...
...all that is inside me
You are broken
but...
you won't break me
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