Julia is a grade 13 student of The Sheffield Private School, Dubai. She would be presenting the poem This is not who you are’ in Poetic heart 2018
This Is Not Who You Are
This is not who you are
You are not the man who faces defeat
You do not stand for negotiation
You want your justice and so by god
You are willing to embrace the heat
This is not who you are
You are not the person, who falls short on your accomplishments no,
You stand tall on everything you’ve broken bones, kicked, screamed and whimpered
Crawling your way to the things you have earned
You do not turn the other cheek
You do not spare forgiveness
It is in your legislation to never show weakness
Who you are is the conflict embedded in every man’s identity
The exact same imperialism that brought nations to its uncertainty
You are the face of a man I will never forget
A face of a man with many bestowed upon regrets
Your corporate towers will mask your façade of greed
It’s shiny windows deflecting those in need
You are the intangible moment we wish to own
A bed of roses, the American dream
With oceans of nightmares bursting at the seams
This is not who you are
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