Poems from Tyheri Jones
I am a Afro-Caribbean woman and I am in search of a school that is accepting of my religion and heritage. I am on a path to pursue a degree in psychology so that I can council adolescents who face the same discrimination as I. Being of Nigerian decent, half African American and Jamaican, I have struggled with being accepted not only for my accent but for my hair, skin tone and religion.
I had a soul
Worth more than gold
It laid deep in my chest
Beneath my breast
It carried me through the pain
Of the white man's reign...
Is our love wrong
Because its so thick and strong
And we share the same sex
Is our Skin wrong
Because it mimics the color of the earth...
Does the soul cry its self to sleep?
Or does it fly away in a dream?
I 'd rather lie away in silence.
Feel the pain and bleed.
I was hurt...
What is love?
love is Loyalty, Obligation, Value, and Empathy.
No!
Love is Pain.
Pain that comes from the dagger that stabs you in the...
You presented this to me when we were alone.
It dangled before my eyes
With its treasures found and stole
Stripped from his soul...