Enough

ENOUGH!

I am tired of you hurting me

I am tired of your stupid jokes

I am tired of your thoughtlessness

I am tired you not listening

I am American

I am human

I am women

I am Mexican

Don’t try to tell me otherwise

Don’t try to change my mind

Don’t try to make me different

Don’t try to cover your back

Enough

Stop

It hurts

Can you not see my tears?

The tears come from pain

But what did I ever do

To deserve this?

As I walk down the street to the bus stop

I see a mother and her child

I see the way the former looks at me

With my tan skin, and dark hair.

She takes the hand of the young one

And crosses the street.

Holding her child, on the far side.

Enough

Stop

It hurts

Can you not see my tears?

The tears come from pain

But what did I ever do

To deserve this?

As soon as I pass the threshold into this little store of yours

I saw you whisper to your worker

Never again did I walk down an aisle alone

If I picked something up

To see if its what I want

I felt the glare from behind

And I just walked out.

Enough

Stop

It hurts

Can you not see my tears?

The tears come from pain

But what did I ever do

To deserve this?

I walked and did nothing more

And yet you yelled at me

And threw cans which hit me

Calling me immigrant, illegal, outsider

I continued on

Holding my head high

Willing the tears not to come

Until I reached the safety of my home.

Enough

Stop

It hurts

Can you not see my tears?

The tears come from pain

But what did I ever do to deserve this?

The leaves had changed

I strolled down the street admiring the colors

A sharp pain jolted me

Out of the trance I was in

I looked around

All I saw was an old man

Rake in hand, glaring at me.

Enough

Stop

It hurts

Can you not see my tears?

The tears come from pain

But what did I ever do

To deserve this?

NO MAS

No puedo sacral lo no mas

Soy un persona

Nosotros somos personas

I am the same

As you are the same

Los solos diferentes

De me son los tu hace

Don’t treat us special

Don’t treat us different

Enough

Stop

It hurts

Can you not see my tears?

The tears come from pain

But what did I ever do

To deserve this?

I AM. MEXICAN

I AM AMERICAN

I AM. WOMEN

I. AM HUMAN.

If am all these things

Then why do you act

As if only some count?

I am one of them

I am all of the above.

Do not act as if

I am different then you

The only difference there is

Are the ones you make

Tu tienes un Corazon

?No lo tengo?

Tu tienes un mente

?No lo tengo?

Don't I have a right to live?

Don’t I have a right to speak?


-Abi Valero