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Fear from ignorance

My fingernails scream

Bursting with contrast against my fingers

Against my skin

Is that why you don’t love me,

Because my fingernails scream?

 

My hair is not the same

It curls in ecstasy around my fingers

Hiding my screaming fingernails

Like a lovers embrace.

But do you not love me, because my hair is not the same?

 

My eyes will never be as light, or bright

Or lovely as yours tonight,

But dark as the contrasting night

Is that why you don’t love me, because my eyes are not as bright?

 

Take me as you see me,

A shade of depth against the deep,

Or something that you cannot see,

Or fully comprehend.

Don’t tell me you don’t love me, because you do not comprehend.

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Written by
kimberly-brown
Jamaican
Published
Jul 5, 2013
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