Bryalis

=-Hidden-=

school girl gymnast soccer player rican

but that's all you see

you don't see what i feel what i think what i want to be

you don't see the hurt that flows through me you can't and you don't want to

you don't want to see the struggles in order to be

i am hidden not behind a bush or a tree but behind a painting

the painting is all you will ever see

=-Crayons-=

lined in the colors of a rainbow you sit in the box keeping each other company getting ready for the big day the day you get to be used from sharp to flat being broken and thrown then into mouths of little ones you go

we sit side by side anxious to be used in our little homes humans call boxes surrounded by every color known from periwinkle pink to lemon yellow being used by everybody that's my favorite part it makes me feel important I AM IMPORTANT!!!

=Puerto Rican= they call me white just because my skin is lighter than theirs but I'm not white I'm Rican

they talk Spanish thinking I won't understand their jokes their documents their fears I do understand Spanish

they think i get whatever i want whenever i want they think I'm a little rich girl just because i don't live where they do or because I don't see barbed wire all the time well i don't see a picket fence either everything I have is showing how hard I have worked to get where I Am

=**-Futbol 4 Refugees-**=

friendship hope fun and a universal language one ball will bring this all discovering how difficult it was to interact with other young people because of not only our languages but our beliefs and cultures

the game of soccer has no cultural shields they have all been let down for this one special game everyone is the same in soccer

the pain and prejudice from our differences are put aside for the game but after it was over we took back our friendships we had made and were back to being enemies burning flags of the countries we dislike showing that when we have something in common we forget everything but in the end nothing is every really forgotten

=-Moment 4 Life-=

speakers going hammer listening to its soul, its heartbeat like a never ending black hole sitting on the wood expressing itself in lyrics and beat absorbing the notes as a sponge does to water white light in the middle like a single shining star in the dark it shines telling a story, like an audiobook it inspires you little black polka dots relieving the sound that tells you how the artist is feeling living our "perfect lives" through the music my I-home February,17,2011 9:00p



="I AM"= I am music gymnastics soccer school dance

I am bry breezer cookie monster smirf bry bry I am sister daughter cousin step-daughter niece friend I am Nicki Minaj Drake Eminem Wiz Khalifa Khlail Lil Twist Chris Brown Rihanna Pink Lil Wayne I am texting facebook radio tv I am the spice girls Destiny's Child "the community" Alvin and the chipmunks sesame street I am Lets go Yeaaah Budiii!! roll up I AM ME