Resilience I Poem By Arianna, 13, Las Vegas

Resilience By Arianna Shaprow   We were never freed. after the Emancipation Proclamation. Never freed, from generational trauma, and pain. Oppression, Segregation, Stereotypes, and racism. Poverty naturally followed, Haunting us… A never-ending maze with no exit, only dead ends. My relatives suffered rat bites and tuberculosis as babies; gunshot wounds and addiction as adults Surviving … Continue reading Resilience I Poem By Arianna, 13, Las Vegas