Black Boy
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I am a black girl
I am a black Muslim girl
I speak for the black boy
And the black Muslim boy
I speak to them now
I ask of you what I wish
12:00 , March 19, 2014
Today is my birthday.
And even though the feeling of one more year was liberating, I couldn’t help but notice
Through my eyes I see,
The angel within me,
The blood of virtue in his veins,
As he casts his divinity.
Through my eyes I see,
The devilish rebel of sin,
As his relentlessness rises,