MICROPOETRY: SHADEISM

 By Emmanuel Oghenevwaire Ejirefe

SHADEISM

I have been the subject of bigotry

Subjugated under the pastels 

I've battled days with thoughts and pleas 

Deprived of equity in an exasperating way 

Used and aligned with shame 

Was I created differently? 

Labelled with failure? 

In a world with other creatures, but being inferior 

Things have fallen apart

Survived on a meal for days!

Drowsed with souls in an edifice for a soul.

Is the black skin a badge of shame?

It ought to be the symbol of national greatness! 

I look at my skin and it's glowing with constellation of ancestors...

I'm not a shame! 

                                                          

Emmanuel Oghenevwaire Ejirefe is a student of Delta State University, Abraka. Where he studies English and Literary Studies.