by Kayla Disasi
Poetry Honorable Mention, 2020 VSU Student Writing Contest
I am a queen inside my rugged castle
I am royalty among fellow royalty
But they don’t see their status
They don’t see their worth
And why is that you ask?
It is because they aren’t treated as such
Left and right kings are being shot like game
Right and left queens are giving themselves to those who aren’t deserving
Left and right kings are getting mixed up in nonsense
Right and left queens are tearing each other down when we should be rising together
My fellow kings and queens are fearing of the world that they inhabit
But the world should be fearing of them
Not because of the violence they are portrayed as
But because of the ground that they walk upon
Our ancestors built all of this
We are descendants of kings and queens
And it is for that we should ascend the latter
We should rise to our worth
Reach toward our potential
Because we are royalty my kings and queens
Royalty