Poems from nlf004

I wake up to a sea of white. Is this what society is preparing me for? Being marginalized as "that black girl".  I expected more.   ...
Today, I woke up and I saw myself. Not the person I usually see Not the girl that has to be dressed up with hair freshly done to be...
The patter of the rain was unbearable. The sound echoed from the skylights through the empty house. And even though the sound of chirping...