It's Hard to Keep Talking
Summary
I struggled to write about the idea of American Creed because it's a topic that everybody hears of so many times throughout school. To express personal opinions can only happen so many times. This piece conveys how repetitive it is to keep putting a unique spin on the idea.
It’s hard to talk about the American Creed
because it’s already been talked about
so much already
And I find myself
explaining
the same things to
the same type of people
The people that
nodded and smiled and told me
that I was right
Not the people who
told me how my words could be spun
by people who
wanted to hear something different.
Or the kind that
could prepare me
for when I was met with
Ignorance
and denial
instead of the smiles
and nods that I was used to.
And quite frankly, I’m fed up
that there are people
who are more
than just stubborn
or prideful
It’s hard to talk about America’s problems
when I’ve already said
what I’ve had to say.
But the minds that matter
won’t change
because no matter
how many times I
speak,
or how loud,
they won’t listen because I’m not saying
what they want to hear.
And I’m fed up
with talking about America
because I don’t know
how to keep talking
without losing my voice.
Project Citizen Project Citizen '19
Project Citizen is a youth writing lab that is offered as part of the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University. The mission of Project Citizen is to empower young writers to engage in issues of social and political importance through a variety of genres in order to both find their voice and to become fully realized citizens in our democracy. Project Citizen brings together students from school districts and towns in Fairfield county that represent a variety of economic, racial, ethnic, and religious demographic groups in an effort to break down the "zip code apartheid" that stands in the way of true collaborative learning.