“why are you single?” they always seem to ask me
but it’s always the ones who never want me
in my entirety
cause when they first laid their eyes on me
it was “oh my god, I love your energy”
now it’s “you’re so independent you have no sense of dependency”
“your energy is so powerful” is what I heard when you first fell for me
now it’s “yo you’re so ambitious you never have time for we”
you loved that I was strong willed and embraced my femininity
now you hate that I speak up and wish I would sometimes just move a little more quietly
you adored the fact that I embraced my roots so tightly
now according to you I’m just a little “too” pro black and you wish I would tread a little more lightly
before you enjoyed how proper I was and how my words came so easily
now you loathe how all my words are correct politically
thé lové you had for me so deeply
is now the detest you hold for me so intensely
the ego you had that I once thought was manly
was actually what caused our downfall, tragically
I once thought that you could handle me
but I now see that you’re just filled with toxic masculinity
my personality was always too “strong” for you to deal with me
you always got mad when I just wanted equality
now that you’re gone and I’m free from “we”
please step back and watch the next man care for me properly