The seat in which she stands
Separation. Segregation. Living in a hate filled generation. Like the print on newspaper. The black set apart from the white. Instead of all being. One. Community. We define. We define those by the qualities they can’t control. The things they would change in a heartbeat given the opportunity. With the chance. We believe that the pigment of one’s skin, Will affect the characteristics within Their heart. The characteristics that make them who they truly are. But it only makes sense that, If you’re darker than white, You can’t sit with us on the bus. It really is amazing. Amazing how discriminating we can be. How ignorant we can be with the way we think. We all obey these rules, Because if someone were to go on their own, They’d be put behind bars. Click, handcuffs around your wrists for wanting justice. Slam, a jail cell closing for trying to speak our minds. Thud, our courage dropping to the floor. Or maybe, it doesn’t. That’s your choice. You choose whether you make a change Or if you change the channel of the TV that is your life, And turn the other cheek, To reality... You watch others fight your battle and struggle. You shrug your shoulders In defeat. Why? Rosa Parks. A woman who understands, but also takes action. An action so simple, Yet life changing. So easy, Yet so eye popping and heart opening. When she stepped on the greasy stairs. That moment… The bus ride that changed history began. But… how? All she did was sit on a bus. Wrong! She stood up by sitting down. She stood up for herself, for her friends, her family, her culture, her rights, her world, her life. She needed justice. She needed the world to see that she wasn’t any less than the next pale skinned idiot who couldn’t – Who wouldn’t – see past the walls outside. She needed people to see that it’s Okay to stand up for what you believe in. It’s okay to be who you are and It’s okay if other people don’t think so. Because you, You know so. How do I know? Because I am… Rosa Parks. And so are you, and you, and you. Anyone can be “Rosa Parks”! We just needed someone to show us how.