I know I look like I am not strong, I know that it may seem as if I am not smart. I hold back, not because I like to, but because I want it to be as if looks are deceiving. I want you to be surprised when I open my mouth and fight back with words that you can't comprehend. I want you to think for a second and wonder that I didn't have it in me. I come from a background that has been fighting the fight not only for me but for the people before me. I walk in the alleys of the dark streets not because I'm a want to be bad ass but because that is where I find my adventures. I walk on the dark side of town not because I know how to fight but because those are my roots. That's what helped me not walk down the streets afraid. I always walk with my head held high not because the world owes me anything but because I deserve to walk with out fear. I am a woman, of Mexican roots, that started learning English at eight years old, born here in Dallas, city to a great Texas state. I've lived life with scares but today was a little different.
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| in an alley in Deep Ellum, TX. |
Today when I caught what seemed to be just a regular guy in a lie he threatened me. I've been threatened before and it hadn't bothered me it comes with my line of work. I don't get scared when a drug addict or thief threatens me. It's comical. But today was different. He took out his wallet and showed me his badge. He told me he was a man of the law. I stood my ground and it made him more mad. I was by myself and didn't think much of it but then it hit me. If something would have escalated it would have been my word against his. You tend to side with the law, right?
I treat everyone I come across equally. That's where people seem to forget that it doesn't matter how you live your life and perceive it to be, it can be taken away. And that one person that you shamed will one day shame you.
