I, too, sing West Virginia, sing America.
I am the gay one, the darker brother, the loud sister
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.
Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--
I, too, am West Virginia. I too sing, America.
Adapted by Crystal Good from I Too Sing America by Langston Hughes
I too Believe
The creative angle and the metaphoric tone of this poem is very dynamic and kudos to the orchestrater of this peace. Although the numbers may not suggest so, West Virginia is a melting pot, with a variety of different faces and behaviors and a wide range of different cultures and ethnicities that stretch as long and as high as its very own highways and hills. WestVirginia has a lot to offer America and the World and if we can continue to migrate away from that ol way of thinking and embrace the renewed sense of diversity, we can lead and pave the way for the generations to come, to grow exponentially in mind, body, and spirit.
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