I am not a statistic
to be analysed, nor a pawn
in your planning,
a specimen in your
seeking for understanding,
I have a name and a history,
a story to tell,
I am not a need to be fulfilled
or explained,
I am a man,
my name is Pete,
will you look me in the eye
and tell me I am not worthy?
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I am not an anomaly,
a curiosity to be gawped at , a social project
to be studied with interest,
a moral dilemma
to be perused and
pronounced upon,
I have a name and a history,
a story to tell,
I am not a need to be fulfilled,
I am a woman
my name is Carol,
will you look me in the eye
and tell me I am not worthy?
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I have wounds,
I am human,
fearfully and wonderfully made,
I may be different to you,
or is it that you are different to me (?)
but I am human,
and I breathe, and I bleed
I have a name and a history,
a story to tell,
I am not a need to be fulfilled,
my days were laid out before time began,
will you look me in the eye
and tell me I am not worthy?
