I am tired
of the exploitation
And the free rides off my people’s back.
I am tired of our 12 hr labor shifts
Just to be looked at as if WE are the leeches
I am tired
of us working
dusk till dawn
And still struggling to make ends meet.
I am tired of seeing my people
Killed,
robbed, and beat.
I am tired of being an essential worker
But my voice,
unessential
to the laws that govern my very own life.
I am tired
of actively fighting
for a country that simply tunes out all our cries.
I am tired
of seeing my women raped and molested,
Yet, we all stay intact
I am tired
Of hearing people scream
“Just send them all back!”
I am tired
of attempting
to go to school
Just to face deportation.
I am tired of 4.0’s, honor rolls, deans lists, to prove to you,
I am NOT illiterate.
I am tired
of explaining
why our kids don’t belong in cages.
I am tired of seeing our men killed as
Part of your fucking wages
I am tired
of the shame you give us
when you look at our culture
Yet you dance it,
You eat it,
Steal it,
Erase it,
because to you
Anything’s disposable.
I am tired
of functioning in a way
To prove
That we have worth.
I am tired
of not speaking whatever language
I damn well please
Because you’ll label me
like I’m a fucking disease!
I am tired
of never having the chance to actually be tired.
See, we live until we die, and fight until then too.
Aguántense!
La lucha sigue.