Identity

I have no English name

Not because I’m under exposed or over primitive

But;

But because my English name is a name too

I won’t change the course of my identity to fit into society’s curriculum

And no I don’t feel odd nor ashamed

For I carry my heritage like a wall clock

And maybe it’s time you did so too

So when next you ask of my English name,

Make sure you asked the white man of his African first