Piecing Me Together

by Renée Watson

You told me that knowing how to read words and knowing when to speak them is the most valuable commodity a person can have.

I don’t know what’s worse. Being mistreated because of the color of your skin, your size, or having to prove that it really happened.

Makes me feel like no matter how dressed up we are, no matter how respectful we are, some people will only see what they want to see.

I am saying that even imperfect people have things to teach you,