I am not tragic,
Therefore I cannot be victimized
My magnetic spirit draws one within my encompassing galaxy
To orbit me like moons and gaze at me like stars

I transfer, this energy I possess,
And it pulls them so instinctually to my person
Invading them of its own volition
With truth,
Understanding,
Love,
and awareness

...the awareness
...my awareness
That I am no other,
Yet I am all others

We breathe
We laugh
We speak
We write...
We write these words felt by you,
Expressed by me
Immortalizing we
We tragic people who do not accept our tragedy
We victimized people who do not accept our victimization

Why wouldn't anyone want to be in our presence?
We beautiful
Colorful
Spiritual
Intellectuals of written language,
And spoken dialect
-Unforgiving in our honesty
-Passionate in our discourse
-quantifying in our measurement
Of all, including self

I am not tragic,
Therefore I cannot be victimized
My magnetic spirit draws one within my encompassing galaxy
To orbit me like moons and gaze at me like stars

Poem inspired by Zora Neal Hurston