“In any case, the mother was beginning to rub Nasim’s hand and weep, quietly, so as not to disturb the neighbouring patients and their visitors. I was embarrassed for all of us, for the several Asian wrapped in alien, colourful clothes who whispered to each other in a strange tongue and crowed protectively but belatedly around their beaten son. No doubt they presented a right sight to the white patients and guests who kept eyeing them. I was sure I could hear a few giggles. I knew then that I was nit an Asian but that these people were yet my kin and my embarrassment. I wish I were invisible.” (Dabydeen, 15)

     Being lost in a place where you think you don't fit in can be really hard, but why would we try to fit in when we are all unique and were born to stand out. If we were all the same, we would live in a world were there was no difference, nor have freedom of speech. As you go into a place without knowing anyone, you should try to make friends and not be ashamed of who you are and pretend to be something your not. Make each decision your own because each choice is a step towards your future.

“It was in the open, exposed to all weathers and in a gutter of the other tombstone all similarly shaped and indistinguishable from each other but still it was in stone chiseled in stone, you could run your fingers in the grooves of the letters knowing that they were your own that they would take a lifetime to wear away.” (Dabydeen172-173)

“ His stick becomes a wand with one wave conjures up a dream world of jamoon trees and tropical fruit whose tastes are now, like a magician’s stick, still fresh in my mouth.” (Dabydeen 25)

      This sticky note represents the way people should portray themselves, and learn how to be who they truly are. People shouldn't pretend to be someone they are not just to please others and their needs. They need to understand who they are and want they want. They should be able to stand their grounds and be able to say what they want to say without fear of what people might think because in the long run and you are the one who makes  your own choices in your life and not anyone else.

           " I waited under the street lamp, wanting to be visible, but the light flames upon my head, flames upon my skin and I have to step back into the shade. Soon the black cab will come scuttling along the road like a beetle. It's bright eyes will pick me up like prey, and soon ill be gone, me and all my things." (Dabydeen 173)

David Dabydeen was born Berbice, Guyana in 1956, he then moved to Britain in 1969 where he studied in Cambridge University in 1974 through1978. One of his books that got him known was a biography of himself, The Intended, where he begins to explore his own identity and discovers his passion for literature.