May 29 2009
Do You Really Know?
What should I say?
What should I do?
Actually, to tell you the truth
I do have something to say
I know many people think
That just because I
Look the way I am
I have no issues, or
Don’t know anything bad
Yes, I am Greek, but what’s
It to you? I’ve been
Discriminated by my
Own people for not being
“Born” there while in the
Famous U.S. of A. I’m
Known as a foreign
“White” girl
Really? Is that what
You think?
How many of you knew
That the Greeks were
Slaves for over 400 years?
They were repressed:
Told to never speak
Their language ever again,
But they rose up,
And won their independence.
So yeah, some people out
There actually know real
Pain, EVEN if their
Skin isn’t dark
How about my grandmother?
She was shot by the
Rebels in Greece,
Barely making it alive.
So maybe there’s a whole
World out there that
Others don’t know of.
One in which we all
Have had our problems
In the past, even in
The dead, want-to-be-
Forgotten past.
You never know if you
Don’t ask.
