#warsan - Hello Poetry

let me remind you: know that i am the scream i am the protest i am the revolution i am the awakening of every black leader every protester every revolutionist every poet every writer that has breathed and lived and paved paths and immortalized and cut scathing with their art that has cut swaths through rivers that have tunneled through caves that have smeared wet earth on their faces that have picked through the foliage on mountains know that i am every woman who has bled for her child know that i am every foreign tongue that has unbound us know that i am every unshackled and raised fist know that i am a woman know that i am a black woman i am every black queen i am not a display i am not an object i am not something to be coveted you have no right to salivate over me you have no right to stitch lust into my skin you have no right let me remind you: i am a black woman soft, wild, and free

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Oct 14, 2017

Oct 14, 2017 at 2:02 PM UTC

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a-simple-reminder

let me remind you: know that i am the scream i am the protest i am the revolution i am the awakening of every black leader every protester every revolutionist every poet every writer that has breathed and lived and paved paths and immortalized and cut scathing with their art that has cut swaths through rivers that have tunneled through caves that have smeared wet earth on their faces that have picked through the foliage on mountains know that i am every woman who has bled for her child know that i am every foreign tongue that has unbound us know that i am every unshackled and raised fist know that i am a woman know that i am a black woman i am every black queen i am not a display i am not an object i am not something to be coveted you have no right to salivate over me you have no right to stitch lust into my skin you have no right let me remind you: i am a black woman soft, wild, and free

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“How far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps?  How often have you bartered with bone, only to sell yourself short?  Why do you find the unavailable so alluring?  Where did it begin? What went wrong? And who made you feel so worthless?  If they wanted you, wouldn’t they have chosen you?  All this time, you were begging for love silently, thinking they couldn’t hear you, but they smelt it on you, you must have known that they could taste the desperate on your skin?  And what about the others that would do anything for you, why did you make them love you until you could not stand it?  How are you both of these women, both flighty and needful?  Where did you learn this, to want what does not want you?  Where did you learn this, to leave those that want to stay?” --Warsan Shire

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Aug 16, 2014

Aug 16, 2014 at 12:06 PM UTC

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Had to share this with you

“How far have you walked for men who’ve never held your feet in their laps?  How often have you bartered with bone, only to sell yourself short?  Why do you find the unavailable so alluring?  Where did it begin? What went wrong? And who made you feel so worthless?  If they wanted you, wouldn’t they have chosen you?  All this time, you were begging for love silently, thinking they couldn’t hear you, but they smelt it on you, you must have known that they could taste the desperate on your skin?  And what about the others that would do anything for you, why did you make them love you until you could not stand it?  How are you both of these women, both flighty and needful?  Where did you learn this, to want what does not want you?  Where did you learn this, to leave those that want to stay?” --Warsan Shire

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*Eres un caballo coriendo solitario Y él trata de domarte Te compara con un camino imposible Con una casa en llamas Dice que lo estás cegando Que nunca podría dejarte Olvidarte No quiere nada excepto a ti Lo mareas, eres irresistible Cada mujer antes o después de ti Está empapada en tu nombre Llenas su boca Sus dientes duelen con el recuerdo de tu sabor Su cuerpo es sólo una sombra buscando la tuya Pero siempre eres muy intensa Atemorizante en el modo en que lo deseas Desvergonzada y sacrificada Él dice que ningún hombre puede compararse Al que vive en tu mente Y trataste de cambiar, ¿no es así? Cerraste más tu boca Trataste de ser más suave Más linda Menos volátil, menos despierta Pero aun durmiendo podías sentirlo Viajando lejos de ti en sus sueños Así que, qué quieres hacer amor ¿Partir su cabeza en dos? No puedes construir hogares de seres humanos. Alguien debería haberte dicho eso Y si él se quiere ir entonces déjalo ir. Eres estremecedora y extraña y hermosa Algo que no todos saben cómo amar.* ― Warsan Shire

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May 22, 2014

May 22, 2014 at 8:47 PM UTC

alev

Para las mujeres que son difíciles de amar

*Eres un caballo coriendo solitario Y él trata de domarte Te compara con un camino imposible Con una casa en llamas Dice que lo estás cegando Que nunca podría dejarte Olvidarte No quiere nada excepto a ti Lo mareas, eres irresistible Cada mujer antes o después de ti Está empapada en tu nombre Llenas su boca Sus dientes duelen con el recuerdo de tu sabor Su cuerpo es sólo una sombra buscando la tuya Pero siempre eres muy intensa Atemorizante en el modo en que lo deseas Desvergonzada y sacrificada Él dice que ningún hombre puede compararse Al que vive en tu mente Y trataste de cambiar, ¿no es así? Cerraste más tu boca Trataste de ser más suave Más linda Menos volátil, menos despierta Pero aun durmiendo podías sentirlo Viajando lejos de ti en sus sueños Así que, qué quieres hacer amor ¿Partir su cabeza en dos? No puedes construir hogares de seres humanos. Alguien debería haberte dicho eso Y si él se quiere ir entonces déjalo ir. Eres estremecedora y extraña y hermosa Algo que no todos saben cómo amar.* ― Warsan Shire

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