Poems from Woozilyn
Do not tell me that you are an ally of the LGBTQ+ community
If you go home at night and refuse to believe your daughter is gay
Simply...
I first learned what it was like to be a woman
When I was 10
And the men who were supposed to be my mentors
My teachers
My figures
My...
I’m not Black enough
Yet my hair grows like a crown atop my head
Watered with the tears of my ancestors
Who used their crowns to guide...
Her eyes were blue
Like the oceans that I would cross
To be able to see her face again
Her hair was like silk
That was delicately spun...
I am enough
But sometimes I don’t realize that
My imperfections define who I am
And often I may think that
My body isn’t perfect
And I...