I am...

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins

I wonder what the outcome will be

I hear them all scream my name

I see my friends being beaten; close to death

I want to change all of this

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins

I pretend as if these beatings don't hurt me

I feel the anger rising around me

I need more motivation

I worry for the lives of my friends

I cry at the thought of death

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins

I understand the consequences of my actions

I believe that I can make a change

I dream that one day this world will become one

I try to convince them that it will

I hope that I'm right

I am a black woman participating in lunch counter sit-ins