Poems from braidlocs
I have realized "A Brave and Startling Truth"
I am a "Phenominal Woman"
I only know this because you decided
to write it down
you put the...
I am Africa
not because of my skin
I am Africa
it is who I am
I will go
if you dare not go
I will save my people
while you watch silently...
I wish ther was a blackout
a blackout so I could write
with a white pen
On a black peice of paper
looking at my brown skin-
counter...
lookin' at my skin
in the dark room an'
it don't phase me
darkness has been normal lately
opposite of what it used to be...
I stayed because
I thought i could get away
far away
from the pain
and the agony
the sadness
rising up from within me
if I became
stuck...