The Black Boy's Message Poem by Arnee Akpan

Hey you!
Don't push me to the ground
Just because I come from the Saharan,
Don't relegate me to the back
Because I am not mute,
Don't call me an illiterate
Because I run around with my hand made craft and creativity of leaves as clothing,
Don't call me a Savage
Because I commune with wild animals,
It's called the superhuman ability of making peace with mother nature.


I did not evolve from being an ape
I may share their skin colour but I am human,
I am like a tinted glass,
You can only know how beautiful I am when you stare from within.
I have being blessed with a unique skin colour and nobody can imitate my colour.
I am as pure as a dove with my lovable attribute.


Don't call me a ‘nigga'
Because I have a home and I am not a slave
I may be quiet and calm but the will come a time when I will change my mood just like a chameleon
And like the viper, I shall strike back.