I Look at the World - Langston Hughes

I look at the world
From awakened eyes in a black face-
And this is what I see:
This fenced-off narrow space
Assigned to me.

I look then at the silly walls
Through dark eyes in a dark face-
And this is what I know:
That all these walls oppression builds
Will have to go!


I look at my own body
With eyes no longer blind-
And I see that my own hands can make
The world that's in my mind.
The let us hurry, comrades,
The road to find.