In this place in this world Sitting alone in a purple room Hate coming from all angles In the eyes of others, It is wrong to be Black They don’t want my Blackness In the eyes of others It is wrong to be a woman They don’t want my femininity But in …
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Warrior Princess Kwi
“You can’t be strong” But I am strong. Where I lack, I build And where I excel, I refine “To be feminine is a weakness” Why? Pink does not sap strength Kindness does not deplete muscles Dresses do not shrink the brain “Black is not feminine” How? My grandmother, my Tate Her skin …
To Be Black…
Brown eyes, brown hair, brown skin From head to toe, brown My hair reaches for the heavens My eyes reflect galaxies My skin is rich and never the same Summer and winter, the shades interchange My mouth holds two tongues The one of home, the one of necessity My lips hold …
Suspended in the Air
Floating in the air Holding on to nothing You travel to worlds unknown Touching nothing but dust What do you see? What do you feel? Do you see? Do you feel? You are calm in a sea of chaos The hustle doesn’t touch you The bustle doesn’t either You are free, unbothered by …
Peace in Loneliness
The quiet whirl of the machine The tap tapping of my fingers The humming of my mind The soft breaths in~~ and out~ of my nose The solid walls encasing me The freedom to be myself and I within The creaking as the house shifts The comfort it brings instead of fear …
Duality Within and Without
Connected and yet disconnected A part of two lands Returning home as a stranger Returning home out of place Losing your tongue feeling out of place, a traitor Gaining a tongue feeling accomplished, accepted, a traitor Part of a tree with roots and branches stretching far and wide Joining another tree, creating …
Afro’d Out
Slowly you make your journey You are not to be rushed! Your journey is your own A crown, you stand on top A crown you gleam in oil and butter A crown you tell of our past heritage A breeze passes through you and is blessed The scents of the forest The scents …
Uncharted Skies, Endless Seas
Empty and clear Blue and light The only obstruction being clouds But they too are free They move with the wind, never in one place for long Expressive in its emotion With each flash of light And shadow of darkness I know where I stand Never in doubt about the intentions of the above …
Colours on My Wall
Ahead of me light streams in Reminding me that a day has begun again Bringing life to all the corners, all the dark places And at night the fading light reminds me That I too should be fading To my left are gifts of art from friends gone There are reminders to eat right …
Spring
Flowers Bloom painting the bleak desolate landscape Trees Bloom giving flesh to the bones of winter The Days Lengthen no longer trapped by darkness am i Creatures Awaken no longer are we the only ones awake Songs Burst Forth on colourful wings they bring the glad tidings of Spring
