Unapologetic

I wear a piece
of fabric on my head.
Sometimes it's white,
and otherwise it's red.

But sometimes I wear it
blue, black, or green.
I wear it along with
my manners and my deen.

You may look at me
with hatred and with scorn.
But I'm sorry to tell you
that I'm not sorry at all.

You think that I'm oppressed
but in reality I'm free.
I am freed from society
by this piece of scarf on me.

So when you try to hate on me
and put me beneath your feet
I hold my head high
because there's nothing I can't beat.

My name is Fatima.
My religion is Islam.
I am Muslim and that's the way I be.