THRIVE ANOTHER DAY Mel Howard

Thrive Another Day

Mel Howard

Thrivingtransmenofcolor@gmail.com

Society norms built us in spaces that could never hold us but displace the true essence of why they hate us so much. Free thinkers that overcome adversity and urge people to view life through an uncompromised lens who often get viewed as “the unwanted population”. A population so in touch with what has been out of touch for far too long that we make our rules instead. In order to ask for eyes to be opened and minds to be exposed to what is so apparently clear we would have to fit in a world that has oppressed us and tried to silence us since before the Stonewall Riot. We thrive in spite of what they throw in our way and we break through and rise. See we have so much persona and with every breath we take we illuminate the world around us. We wear a smile proudly when our basic essentials are met by a system that means to make sure we struggle. Encompassed with infractions, buried in limitations it is easier to give up then create the friction needed to fuel the turmoil to conquer every note that still plays on repeat. Drowned in fear so aware that if we don’t- who will? So familiar with failing that winning is shocking. See we idolize the ball players and rappers and we scream when they make out of town that has more crime rates higher than employment rate with inflation rates rising higher and our jobs still paying less because they still see us as less but expect us to work harder. We live on to thrive another day, hearts heavy most days, and weight on shoulders but always eyes forward.