DO YOU SEE ME?

I mean really see me.⁣
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I am black and I am here.⁣
I have BEEN here.⁣
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I have been sharing my stories for years and yet none of it has ever been so visible.⁣
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I don’t want to wonder why you didn’t acknowledge me before a few weeks ago.⁣
I don’t want to wonder why I was chosen for your event, campaign, or project etc.⁣
I don’t want to feel that I cannot truly express myself in a workplace setting.⁣
I don’t want to feel consistently excluded and underrepresented.⁣
I don’t want to have to be strong 24/7.⁣
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But I do.⁣
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I want to come as I am without caution.⁣
I want to spread joy and positivity. ⁣
I want to impact lives in a meaningful way.⁣
I want to be heard.⁣
I want to live my life.⁣
I want to be ME.⁣
I want you to see ME.⁣
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Without fear.⁣
Without judgement.⁣
Without conditions.⁣
Without COLOUR.⁣
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Do you see me now?