DEI isn't why you hired me. DEI just helped you be lucky enough to see me instead of being stuck with the mediocre

Which is why no matter what life and my body have thrown at me, I have still managed to fly true. I knew that I didn't have more than a single moment to mourn before I had to get back up and keep fighting for every step up the ladder, knowing that someone had already removed several rungs.

I've spent my whole life knowing that I had to be extraordinary, knowing that mediocre would only leave me stuck. I couldn't settle for anything less than extraordinary in everything I did if I wanted to be considered enough. .

I plant for the future we will reach some day
I plant for the blood, sweat, and tears my ancestors paid
I plant knowing I may not see the fruit the trees bare
Still I plant a rebellion, cause that’s the only way we get there.

I plant for the voiceless, the scared, and the meek
A tree of protection and knowledge for those who seek
To somehow move forward when the world takes us back
As our life and our liberties are under attack

The world is relentless and tries to break through
Tries to crush love with hatred, with lies they claim are true
And I could bow down and deny what I know
But instead I keep watch over the seeds I must sow