The trees keep growing
The flowers keep blossoming
Shouldn't we still grow?

Meticulously crafted
Every shade unique
Loved by all who we encounter
Amazingly resilient
Never backing down
Indescribable and unique
New horizons awaiting

Cornered by the guys in blue and black
Trapped in a situation and can't go back
In a sapping fight for our carte blanche
An avalanche of grieve, we received first hand

Although stained, this blue flag would still stand
A burning ache for the promise land
For color won't tell the lives we should live
We will strive and thrive, for the life we're deprived

-dnlbllrd

Cocoa, caramel, chocolate or coffee
Cinnamon, cedar, copper or toffee
Tell me what’s your shade queen?
So beautiful and brown!

Hickory, cedar, pecan or gingerbread
With your warm silky undertones.
Are they yellowish or red?

Peanut, brunette, umber or brown
Whichever shade, you wear it well,
Embrace your melanin crown!

Bronze, copper, mahogany or wheat
Sienna or sepia it’s such a mystery!

Whatever shade you are, you should know you wear it well!
Skin so deep, your shades so dope, your melanin’s smooth as hell!