Call Me, Poetic Jas

Not many people know that I am secretly write poetry. I rarely share this because, I hate the question, "Let me hear one of your poems". I was too afraid to let people see me so vulnerable. My poems tell a side of me that I was not ready to release until now. So...today I will share with you my very first poem I ever wrote. Now keep in mind that I am an artist and I'm sensitive about my SHHH... lol

I, Too 

(Inspired by I, Too by Langston Hughes)

I, too, am in love

In a city full of vultures

Ready to tear my heart open and eat the flesh of you out of me

I stand my ground

My ground for love that is

Hate Love signs posted along the streets I walk

I tear them down with sorrow

For I am in love in a world full of hate

I stand out as the odd ball

Like the Jewish were towards the Nazi’s

Wearing a heart on my chest to point me out from others

I stand my ground

My ground for love that is

As I walk through the crowd

I am shunned, spit on and yelled at as if I were a murderer

Knowing that the end is near

I keep on walking

I finally reached the end of the road

I see a man who’s pointing for me to come

I walk over

And he tells me…

I, too, am in love.

- Jasmine Hill