People Like You and Me
ShaiYaa
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May 19, 2019 People like you and me like extra pepper on our eggs But our lips burn from cajun on crab We still eat them anyway People like you and me love to explore territory foreign to our feet but not our spirits We brought back a few continental foods and items made of local patterns By the hands of aunties and sisters But we're more concerned with the fact That our favorite friends couldn't fit inside of our suitcase Our love now having to be expressed through keyboards and glass screens We are three or four hours behind Yet our country seems to think that we're years ahead Ahead of nations that know just how much our human hands Affect our food, water, and air Nations that may not know how to read or write But are closer to God than those most literate in our own Nations that love so hard you can taste it Hear it whistle in the wind as it hugs you We don't mind getting our fingers dirty Whether that's with fufu and soup or life I spent one month in London and thought that I left my heart there But I quickly learned after spending four months in Ghana That I left a large chunk of it there In the international student dorm University of Ghana's English department The Twi class that I took in a tiny room with a remote controlled air conditioner In the cars belonging to Uber and Taxify drivers Who shared more than their driving space with me Chop bars packed with people who were filled with joy That I could say a few words in Twi People from Tema and Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria and Senegal And China and Sudan and Switzerland Not to even mention the states within the country that's on my birth certificate It's beautiful to be back home But on days when Trump and his puppets make decisions that impact my neighbors and I And on days where I have to choose between scheduling a dental exam And facing my looming college debt I am reminded of people like you and me People like you and me don't necessarily always escape to travel We travel to escape
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