Cross walk
I'm standing at a cross walk
waiting for a car to go by,
we make eye contant
she looks away...
As I am walking across the street
I wonder what that meant.
was she scared, nervous, paranoid,
was it me
and my brown skin
my brown eyes
my brown hair...
or her insecurity?
© 1999 Copyright Misty Barrera
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