When darkness is around, When the world is quiet I slip them on I spring from my bed I am free for a moment I have to be on my feet The rhythm starts The melody plays Before I know it my hips sway My head bobs along My arms flail about …
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Not Alone
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 …
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 …
Giftie Speaks 