Manifesto
I am a student
I am a teacher
I am a younger sister
I am a daughter
I am a writer
I am a chef
I am a diva
I am a lunatic
I am a survivor
I am a live
I smoke
I curse
I drink
I eat
I sleep
I think
I read
I scream
I live
I am not stupid
I am not lazy
I am not fat
I am not patriotic
I am not a cheerleader
I am not crazy
I am not fake
I am not satisfied
I am not dead
I am human
I am a human being
I exist
I am not mankind
Can you hear me
Can you see me
I AM HERE
I am not a statistic
I am not a number
I am not a theory
I am not a hypothesis
I have feelings
I have thoughts
I have ideas
I have rhythm
I have soul
I have sound
I have color
I am not virtual
I am not an identity
I am not your identity
I am my identity
I am an individual
I am not a voice
I am not your voice
I am not the voice
I am my voice
I am reality
I have the right
To change my mind
I have the right
To change your mind
I do not have to be your idea of anything
I can wear whatever I want
I can be whoever I want
I don’t have to care
I can make an ass of myself
If I want to
I don’t want your opinion
I don’t want your advice
I don’t want your help
I don’t want your pity
I don’t want your admiration
I don’t want to change
I don’t want to make new friends
I don’t want to grow up
I don’t want to fit in
I am the only one
There will never be another
There has never been one before
If I change
Who will be me
I don’t like other people’s version
I like the original
I enjoy being difficult
I am not interested in being happy
I am only interested in being satisfied
I don’t need to be liked
I demand to be respected
I am alone
I am melancholy
I don’t need to be saved
I have purpose
I cry
I laugh
I live
Manifesto.
by Empress Nzingha
© 2000 empressnzingha@hotmail.com