Denied

Denied, 2010 Vickie M. Ortiz Vázquez Human Human am I So, I hear I am human Therefore, human rights by nature are mine Who have spoken of these? Martin Luther King, Jr Cesar Chavez The Black Panther Party and the F.L.A.N Human am I Born female with a path Grown to a woman with a guilty mark So, I hear I am human Therefore, human rights by nature are mine Grown to a woman Human still am I Yet, simple human rights have been denied To brothers and sisters of mine Still human am I Therefore, human rights are being denied By those who can’t understand What nature can’t denied Human Human am I So, I hear I am human Still a human am I A woman with human rights… DENIED