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Someday
You will throw a penny in a wishing well
And it will choke
Because your dreams
Are just too big for it to swallow
When the wind disagrees with your voice
When the walls laugh
When the trees make jokes
When the floor questions your footsteps 
Know the truth is a drum machine
Inside of a house that God built behind your ribs
Your heart is an ocean of possibility
And it beats like a song called
“Right here, right now”
Take ownership of your choices
Because sometimes
That’s all we have left to hold onto
I dare youu
To be more than the sound of textbook pages blowing in the wind            
More than a desk in a crowded room 
More than a Xerox copy of an article that you didn’t want to read
For a class you never wanted to take
I dare you to be more than a scantron sheet waiting for answers 
Be the pencil that writes our history
Be the pen that refuses to be erased
And when the real world stands in front of you
All daunting and scary
Stare into its eyes
And say
“I’ve been waiting for you”
“I’m ready”
And say it like you mean it.

- ”For Black Graduation UC San Diego” from School Spirit EP by Rudy Francisco