Poems about Race

It’s 4 PM here in Georgia, And I’m enjoying time with my friends

Will you be missed as you sit alone? What once was life now scab and bone?

Dear Humanity, The lips she used to kiss

Color

Beauty. You're too dark for thatYour luscious skin once againhas been attacked by such harsh mentorment and hate was destined fo

I dream of thoughts and spaces where I reclaim my power, I dream of reciting verses:

We wear invisible chains alongside these bars Holding within our ancestor’s abuse and still fresh scars

I wish labels were for clothes and Segregation of colors remained in boxes of crayons

Him

We grew up listening to fairy tales, The happy endings that would last ever after.

She Is...

I watched her cry. Many nights I tried Just to understand why these Tears fell from her eyes. Who hurt her so much, That whatever started

My Black

The color of my skin has caused a lot of people to hate me

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