While I am,

What I learnt is that if something is meant to be, no thunder and no lightning can stop it from displaying.

While I say this,
I also know
I said “no” many a time, and that stopped a full cycle of pain and misery.

While I say this,
I read how I need to suffer
if I want to see the light that only some
get to witness.

While I write this,
I know I fought the fights that judged me based on blood and the colour of my skin.
I question this: Was I supposed to suffer in silence?

While I write this,
I see why many drift from what is, and that is something I will only know
once I pass from this world.

So as long as this world has me,
I’ll fight for the right for all to exist, regardless of the blood they are so beautifully born in and the colour of the skin they never get a say in.

I know that doesn’t really go with
what suffering follows in the book I am reading.

So,
I hope there is a little space for me
for being true to the fights
I decided to fight.