The Boiling Feeling.

The best time i was Enjoying.
As i was walking, a car passes by.
4 guys, silver car, rolls down the windows.
i hear them yell, “CHINK!”
Irritated as i was.
i kept telling myself “Keep Calm & Carry on”
i did what i told myself to do.
couple minutes pass, a different car passes by me.
5 guys, white car, rolls down their windows
i hear them yell “FUCKING CHINK”
at that point, i was annoyed
i’ve put up with this for too long.
Peace sign up, Index finger down.
Disgusted of their words.
now i can’t think of any way to let lose then right this poem
Ashamed to be a part of a world with them.
A joke is a joke, but when you joke about my appearance
it crosses the line, especially if its about my ethnicity.
i may have eyes more smaller eyes than you,
or more slanted. but those words were stinging like acid.
do you think you’re cool? well it takes a talented person
to speak Vietnamese with their true accent.
calling me a chink, because i have smaller eyes?
Well my tongue is more talented than yours.
do you feel superior because you differentiate?
putting a label on me because of my race?
i’ll just say that racism only leads to division and war
and it Just goes to show how ignorant you truly are.
and maybe, you would have thought that my eyes..
were more beautiful than yours.

we were given to eyes to seek before we speak.
-Michelle Dinh