"Different"
Tanveer
Oakdale Middle School
Benton County, AR
Tanveer Oakdale Middle School Benton County, Arkansas "Different" "Poetry on Their Terms, Winners of The 2013 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest" is an event and poetry anthology sponsored by The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP). On April 17, 2013, winning poets from 92 schools in 20 counties in 7 states were united in a livestreamed event from the Central Library in the St.
We was always treated differently
Pushed around an’ told what to do
We was always treated differently
They thought we was like animals
Always thinking we was lower than them
We was always treated differently
Given nasty looks an’ called ugly words
We was always treated differently
Always separate from them, segregated
One day they will break away from the dark
An’ see the true light within us
We was always treated differently
But one day we will be treated right