Because of you I had to use a machine to breathe
you abused my air,
and you robbed me of my health
all so you could gain industrial wealth?
Because of you as a child I could never run fast
for fear of collapse or asthma attacks.
You did it cause I'm brown
you polluted my ground
Your filthy money won't take back the past,
or amass to the pain I went through
you cannot caste away all those doctor appointments,
or take back the poison you put in my city
cause now our once blue sky looks brown and gritty,
your arrogant selfishness brings me pity.
Now my lungs have grown strong,
and I will fight you so another innocent child won't be harmed
by all of your egotistical corporate wrongs.
I'm so tired of big industries taking advantage of communities of color. I wrote this poem from my own personal experiences of living in a polluted Los Angeles. I will not stand aside and let these factories exploit the environment and kill they people who breathe that air, all for their personal profit. I feel the activist in me growing especially since I joined Youth Action. These industries cannot get away with this environmental racism any longer. We as the people who live in these communities have the right to breathe clean air, so we must fight for it and raise our voices against this social injustice that has taken place far too long.
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