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I seek refuge from my womanhood I run into the dark corners of what is feminism and found no solace, equality does not belong to my skin, sisterhood extended out of pity as if any love could erase the past, at times i wonder if i am just a way to ease their shame, if the kindness is a payment to my ancestors whose screams i can still hear as their womanhood is defiled, i often get caught between hate and the truth neither make me feel any better, and both can't be denied , p.W.
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Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021 at 10:28 PM UTC
Intersection
Dear Police, My skin color isn’t a weapon Although it seems like blackness Is a gun in a white man’s perception We are amazing But don’t get enough time to show it My brain functions as good as yours Until you use your gun to blow it How one black person acts Shouldn’t ruin my reputation You purposely attack my kind And that’s the definition of discrimination If you just let us live You’d learn we are plentiful But what you really don’t understand is My black is beautiful.
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Jan 22, 2021
Jan 22, 2021 at 3:24 PM UTC
A Letter To My Nation
When I tell my friend you have a Resting ***** Face. What I mean to say is your face is your bulletproof vest that these one shot guys are scared to shoot their shot at. What I mean is I don't have to worry about you being caught in the teeth of some sharply dressed shark who is looking for his next meal. What I mean is the guys who are scared to break their streaks with girls they meet in a snap will rethink their next words before asking you to chat. I don't tell you have resting ***** face to bring you down a peg. I tell you this because the next wood block boy who tries to talk to you see's what I see. A intelligent young lady who won't be swept away by good looks and false momentum. A brick wall screen stopping any defender whose chasing down her future. I know if I see you with any proposition like guy I don't have to be on auto correct or grammar check him, because if he's made it this far then he saw the beauty that’s underneath your skin and your Resting ***** Face.
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Dec 10, 2018
Dec 10, 2018 at 10:52 PM UTC
Resting ***** Face
I have seen God. Her head raised high, poised and beautiful Smooth skin that seems to control nature in her veins. In her was history, the first, the genesis. Her love is impartial, incomparable. I have seen God In different shades of earth and nature Made of Protons, neutrons, melanin She is root; the source of life Life itself, the very beginning. I have seen God She would trade her life for her children She’s an armour and life jacket She is the source of life and peace. She is more than an angel, she is a god. I have seen God She is black.
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Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018 at 8:48 AM UTC
I have seen God
I will tell my daughters always come home to yourself your worth is not only in your body it is in your spirit, the stardust flecked across your skin I will tell my sons never become a wolf never devour flesh and forget a woman’s name say her name like a prayer cry oceans and taste saltwater on your lips for when you break and fall you can rebuild and stand for that is how you both will learn to love
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Oct 14, 2017
Oct 14, 2017 at 10:33 PM UTC
life lessons
Ebony, Ebony is her name. Quite the character indeed She moves with such elegance Skin so soft and golden I stand by as I watch her take a bath underneath the beaming sun and absorb every single ray. Afterwards, she grabs a clean towel and dries off her glistening bronzed skin. Honey drips down. 10,000 bumble bees follow as she makes her way down the ocean. She buries her feet into the white sand and, leaves her imprint. Her hair stands ***** as though it had been crafted to defy all odds of gravity. Gradually, it blooms and I can't believe what my eyes are seeing. When she sings, it sounds like 10,000 angels. Voice as calming as gentle breeze. A tranquil melody. With every word she pours out, echoes the beautiful sound of brilliance. She's no ordinary one. Every single bone and flesh was carefully assembled and knitted by the Messiah himself. To her, he gifted an Enchanted soul which would be like nothing anyone has seen. If only everyone had the privilege to see what I just saw, they wouldn't hate her this much. She has been tied in chains, stripped down and wounded. But why would anyone despise a soul so magical? Was it out of jealousy? It might've also been out of pure ignorance. But after this day, I'll be ****** to express such ignorance. Now I know for a fact that her level of carefreeness was built on the foundation of struggle. I think I might've come across a real life goddess. Ebony, Ebony is her name.
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Sep 3, 2017
Sep 3, 2017 at 8:45 PM UTC
EBONY
I am a woman, a black woman Never black and then woman or woman and then black but somehow when judgement is being passed on my race they seem to forget I am a woman A woman with emotions and feelings I am a black woman with a mindset to be greater then I am perceived to be Because this black woman has goals
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Oct 13, 2016
Oct 13, 2016 at 8:39 PM UTC
untitled 100
Tell me do you know How diamonds are formed? After years of heat and pressure Coal becomes so desirable So black diamonds aren't rare Rare in the slightest Hell there's one walking down the street right now Braided hair and skin so dark like Hershey's chocolate Locks and supple lips and afros going across wide brown hips Black diamonds walk among us, and believe me they're not to be missed
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Jul 23, 2016
Jul 23, 2016 at 3:05 PM UTC
Black diamonds
Black Girl Black is beautiful shouldn't be anything new to you I know TV's confusing you but you need to just think it through, lightskin dark skin every shade of sister in between you're all beautiful women playing for the same team. Your hair is perfect ***** natural and curly blonde hair and blue eyes don't make you anymore girly. Enough with TV's fraud me and my squad out here looking for our very own Felicia Rashad. Shout out to Disney for making a black princess who didn't rep our women at all. I'm just looking for Nefertiti an African Queen a woman who's skin is like coffee love like caffeine who's mind is sharp and focused on that green but does it all for the family her day one team dog that's my dream, a women who cooks like like my grand mama and hustles harder than than Mrs. Obama. Black butterfly your skies the limit lift your spirit against the malicious avaricious ignorance. The world is spiteful and stupid you're all beautiful that's can't be disputed, be proud of your eyes and hair be proud every morning you wake up and take a breath of fresh air be proud for every test you ace be proud of that beautiful skin stretched over that beautiful face.
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Dec 25, 2014
Dec 25, 2014 at 11:07 AM UTC
Butterfly