The Other Side of My Face
by
Book Cover & Preview Text
Side note: Don’t judge because you don’t understand You got something to say Write it in the sand Written in the sand To confine me in a shelter you built Is putting me behind bars handcuffed by your guilt You tell me I’m too young to take a chance When the 20 years you got on me are intimidated by my stance While you’re writing a list of things I can’t do Do me a favor and write them in the sand Write in the sand so as I prove them untrue You can watch your words get stolen by the force underneath you To have a brain in this day and age Earns you a spot isolated in society’s cage To want peace without seeing the struggle of war Is speaking out with nothing to speak for While you’re writing a list of things I can’t do Do me a favor and write them in the sand Write them in the sand so they can leave without the trace Of the ignorance that’s stained on your face I know your toe is sore Listing what you abhor But nothing compares to the shame Of your passion’s dying flame The gift I’ll bestow on you Is a world changed by what you chose not to do Next time you step in the voting booth Realize that you voted for me: a voice in the chorus of the youth
Formats
Book Details
About the Book
The Other Side of My Face brings to light the unfortunate truth in our reality that people judge EVERYTHING. People make judgments based on what they see, or what they choose to see. They do not always see the emotions that are behind the human, behind the facade; in other words, the other side of the face. This book relates to anyone and everyone, as we all have been misunderstood. It relates to women who grow up in a male dominated society. It relates to kids who never truly feel at home, whether it be a physical place or a place in one's skin. It relates to dreamers, to adults, to victims of bullying etc. The Other Side of My Face relates to all people who want to be understood.
About the Author
Sydney Paige Lazare is a poet, artist, and actress. She was trained at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High school of Music and Art and Performing Arts in the drama studio. Sydney wrote and illustrated her first book The Other Side of My Face to highlight many of the issues and feelings that many of our nation’s people go through as they grow up in a society that is judgmental and ignorant to truths in our collective and individual realities.