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I see life in grey,
Where black does not stand alone without white,
Where the melanin of my skin does not factor as to how society sees me,
Where Mother’s language that rolls from my tongue is never labeled.


The only struggle I should face is between the relationships
I try to mount
...between pen and paper
…between my head and my heart.
Where common sense should trump any and every stereotype,
Where the only thing foreign is the knowledge I am yet to acquire,
Or the journeys I am yet to trudge upon.


Borne of the soil that bears some of the greatest fruits,
I am one of Her many blessings,
An Afrikan princess that is still rising to her majestic throne,
That seeks to reign over a land united
Behind the death of the rainbow;
The rebirth of decolonialism.
And casts all children of the corn of these chains,
Golden bronze bonds
That continue to enslave the people of true liberty, and prosperity.
The liberty that ascertains that no man shall ever be consumed
By their hunger for superiority.

For

I AM because WE ARE!
This is a collaborative effort between myself and @NuBlaccSoul which is to commemorate Human Rights Day (21 March)
 Apr 2016 K Lynn
Poetic T
Under breath
            it was a fleeting
vocalization never
                      reaching purpose.
 Apr 2016 K Lynn
Poetic T
You were the last taste on my lips, I licked
them gently and you were there when I
exhaled my last thought. Which was the
kiss that you left delicately on my lips.
 Apr 2016 K Lynn
Ellie Geneve
You called me sugar
but sweetened your tea with **honey
A metaphor about someone cheating on his wife.
 Apr 2016 K Lynn
mel
weapons
 Apr 2016 K Lynn
mel
on your nineteenth birthday
you started keeping a smile
locked at the edges of your mouth
like a scared man hides a gun in his pocket.

it's been so long
since your brother's told you he loves you,
and you start to hate him
though you visit his grave every year.

at twenty-one you're armed
with flowers in your pockets
a foldable chair and a pack of cigarettes-
*"just in case he needs me to stay the night."
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