I Am Who I Am - Visitor's Poem

by Ali Elijah B {AKA} Aliou Abda Ba
(Columbus, Ohio, United States)

I am who I am.
I am black and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.
I am black and will always be black and I’m proud.
People say my skin is too dark or my nose is too big
or my lips are too big.
So what I am who I am, I am black and I am proud.
People say my hair is too rough and short.
So what I am who I am, I am black and I’m proud.
People say I’m ugly, so what I am beautiful in my own way.
People say and say over and over again.
So what I am who I am, I am black and I’m proud.
Of all the things people say, still the fact remains I am who I am.
I am who I am; I am gods’ most favored and greatest creation.
I am who I am.