De-Humanized

They took my name
and left me with labels,
stripped my skin of its warmth
and painted it with fear.
They speak of me
like I’m the shadow on the wall,
like I’m the dark that creeps
beneath their door.
 
But I am here—
I am flesh,
I am bone,
I am pulse,
I am breath,
I am Love.
 
They try to carve me down,
chip away at my edges,
shave away my soul
until I fit inside their fear,
until I am nothing
but the monster they need me to be.
 
But I am here—
I am whole,
I am real,
I’m accepting it all,
because
I am more
than their sharpened words,
more than their hungry eyes
that strip me bare to my skin,
but never beyand. 
 
I am not less.
I am not other.
I am not the hollow shell
they want to see.
 
I am a mother,
a daughter,
a sister,
a lover,
a neighbor,
a friend,
I am a Human Being,
and it’s all I care to be.
 
No matter how they twist,
no matter how they tear,
I remain—
heart pounding,
blood running,
Alive,
Here to Be.
 
They can try to rip me apart,
but they cannot
take
me.
 
Because I Am Here.
I am whole.
I Am.
I am Human.
Always.
Human.

(2015, © Julia Delaney)

I am human!

Be Alive 🌱
Love ❤️, Julia

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