Poems

Seasons

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
 Every season, I do recall
 A moment in which I was filled with cheer
 At least once per season, every year
 Challenges rose and hard time came
 I treated my life just like a game
 Summer is too hot, then leaves start to die
 Never once did I ask why
 Winter is frigid and Spring bring rain
 Now my life is filled with pain
 I hope one day on a summer’s noon
 I’m lucky to feel like a Spring flower’s bloom

Education

I do what I am able
 But the system is not stable
 I teach you what they want
 I am sorry if I’m blunt
 The school system is broken
 At 6am you’re woken
 To learn something you won’t use
 Instead of learning virtues
 I know it’s knowledge you desire
 But I grow very tired
 This material isn’t needed
 The Man is so conceited
 Let’s teach about life skills
 And how to pay our bills
 Instead you know quadratic
 And they just say we’re over dramatic

What I’ve Learned

I’ve done a lot of reading
 I’ve done a little writing
 I’m not gonna stop until we can stop fighting
 People against one another
 Race against race
 We’re all the same people sharing the same space
 I can’t imagine the life that you’ve lived
 The struggle that you’ve faced
 But you can’t let all that experience go to waste
 I’m done being silent I’m done being kind
 If I hear another slur I’m gonna lose my damn mind
 I am a person and that is that
 You don’t need to know where I’m from because you know where I’m at
 I live next you
 You see me everyday
 But you treat me different because I’m a different race
 I’m the same as you and you’re the same as me
 Difference is the way we view ”liberty”
 Stand with me in the fight for our lives
 I don’t care if you’re Asian, Black, or White
 We need to come together and show them what we’ve got
 You may think we’re small, but we can change a lot.

Lauren is a regular contributor for The Universal Asian. To learn more about her, check out her Contributor’s Page here.