Apr 16, 2015
The Long Name shame
because more than anything, I wanted the kids to remember my name rather than stutter on my every consonant and give me “cool" nicknames I wanted to fit in I wanted to be remembered Rather than that black girl whos birthday was the month before November “Or was it in July?“ Daddy their lack of effort made my cry They thought my name was funny and ghetto and that’s not right I was named after you and for that I try to take pride They say you’ve got to be amazing to carry a name so big Why’d they never warn me of these stuck up “normal” named kids?