I Am.... (The Branch, Part Two)

i am... the orphaned child and the abandoned dog, the woman raped, the young man killed. i am the body hanging alone and cold, the old woman shaking in an empty room. i am the young girl taken and enslaved, the needle, the spoon, and the revolver. i am black skinned, brown skinned anger, and the bones of bodies hidden... the speaker of truth detained and tortured, the invisible trail left behind. i am... the rage of jobless, homeless, hopeless... the unemployment line and the sweat shop. i am the family living in a stolen car, and the child who runs away. i am the store clerk killed by the robber, her minimum wage death unnoticed. i am the shadow crossing the border, the inmate that breaks and runs. i am the guns silenced, and the lies revealed... i am human rebellion. i am the branch covered by leaves, waiting for certain autumn!