This Is What It Feels Like

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To Change My World Jayden Lizardo To walk in my shoes is not to know if it’s a gunshot coming for you or a celebratory firework. To walk in my shoes is to feel like the trash people toss away and abandon, scared of losing someone you love deeply. To walk in my shoes is to hear the cars beeping at each other, everyone trying to make a move but everyone’s stuck. A maze you cannot get out of. To walk in my shoes is to feel fear, not knowing if the next minute I’ll see darkness. To walk in my shoes is to wonder if I’ll be blamed and innocent inside of a cop car. To walk in my shoes is to exist in a world where the social contract is broken for people who look like you. To walk in my shoes is to learn about Nat Turner, wondering if time will rewind, wondering if I’ll be the next “Say his name.” To walk in my shoes is to know that people are fighting and striking for rights and to stay alive. To walk in my shoes is to know that my parents’ blood, sweat, and tears ensure I’m well and fed. 59.


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My Silence

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page 171

How I See Joy

1min
page 169

Silence

1min
pages 162-163

Kisses to the Sky

1min
page 159

Granted

1min
page 157

So Much More Than a Name

1min
page 143

The Gift of God

1min
page 142

Paradise at Buffalo Wild Wings

1min
pages 140-141

Through the Window

1min
pages 138-139

Untitled

1min
page 137

Untitled

1min
page 135

An Ode to My Mom’s Presence

1min
page 136

The Wrench

1min
pages 132-134

The Beautifully Mysterious Sky

1min
pages 130-131

Home Sweet Home

1min
pages 128-129

Thorns and Roses

1min
page 125

Good Times

1min
pages 122-123

The Never-Ending Sinkhole

5min
pages 110-121

Without Her

1min
pages 106-107

Spanish Harlem

1min
pages 108-109

Tropical Life

1min
pages 102-103

I Am From

1min
pages 104-105

A Mile in My Shoes

1min
page 99

Una Milla en Mis Zapatos

1min
page 98

How It Feels to Be Different

2min
pages 96-97

Climate Change

1min
pages 94-95

Walk in My Shoes

1min
pages 92-93

My Shoes

1min
page 91

To Walk in My Shoes

1min
pages 88-89

Walk in My Shoes

1min
pages 86-87

Mis Zapatos

1min
page 90

Día de Resistencia

1min
pages 84-85

My Struggle

1min
pages 80-81

To Change My World

1min
pages 78-79

Daniel’s Shoes

1min
pages 74-75

Try Walking in My Shoes

1min
pages 68-69

Yo Soy De

1min
pages 64-65

Wake Up

1min
pages 66-67

I Am From

1min
pages 62-63

New York

1min
pages 60-61

La Ley de la Vida

1min
pages 54-55

The Law of Life

1min
pages 56-57

My Shoes

1min
pages 58-59

Inner Storm

1min
page 51

A Él

1min
page 40

The Break of Dawn

5min
pages 46-49

It Hurts

1min
page 45

Riding Free

1min
page 50

My Side

1min
page 44

For Him

1min
page 41

Judgment Day

1min
pages 42-43

My World: Maimón

1min
page 39

I See

1min
pages 36-37

Luz y Oscuridad

3min
pages 26-28

My Nikes

1min
pages 34-35

An Incomplete Story

1min
pages 32-33

Immigration Is

1min
pages 22-23

The Dominant Narrative

1min
pages 24-25

Light and Darkness

3min
pages 29-31

Mi Mundo: Maimón

1min
page 38
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