You Do Not Know Me

I will not stand still, You can try to break me down, You can try to make me smaller, And squash me into nothingness, You can try To make me insignificant But, This I say to you, This I scream out so that it echoes around the universe, I say, “YOU DO NOT KNOW ME” You have no idea off my power Of the courage burning brightly in my heart, You can never know the depth off my bravery, As you try to tear me apart from the inside out, You intimidate, And threaten And expect the panic and bile to rise inside me, But I scream out, I scream and shout, “YOU DO NOT KNOW ME” Never expect me to cower before your false authority You stand tall, As if you are better than those who work, Until their hearts are breaking and their hands bleeding You speak as if we do not understand, As if you’re many pieces of paper somehow justify – your loathsome behavior, No, You have no idea of what I know, off my mind and how beautiful it is, You have no idea off my suffering, Of what I have overcome, Of how I have stared adversity I the face Time and time again No, “ YOU DO NOT KNOW ME” You can smile in glee, At your triumphs, Oh And how you have triumphed by stripping people off the bread in their hands, By crushing their happiness, by destroying families, O yes, you have been victorious But, Let me tell you something my friend, “ YOU DO NOT KNOW ME “