((DAMN))

BeautifulBrownSkin

Why does ignorance plague you so?

Rendering judgement based upon your pigment

Envious of a strength and endurance they'll never know



BeautifulBrownEyes

Are there any truths within your sights?

Vision obscured by arbitrary antics, and fabricators

Hell bent upon jealous plight



BeautifulBrownBody

So strong and so divine

Subjected to a world with more interest in the contours

of your ass - than the context of your mind



BeautifulBrownBrotherSister

Mother

Father

Daughter

And Son

Friend of mine til the end of time

All of these figures

Either you are or have been

Beautiful in spirit

So real and so free

A heart made of gold

Always giving and trying to please

With the patience of JOB

Holding dear the one's you really LOVE

Does a day ever escape you, without having

To ask for patience from up above?



Just when you think your every angle has been blown

By the unruly justifications of what life defines

As "THE  UNKNOWN"

OH NO!

That's not all

There is plenty more where that came from



Case in point

"What - do - you - do?"

Stand fast upon the faith in what

You were reared to believe as true?

Or rationalize your way onto shallow beliefs

And run .. run .. run..



When you are BeautifulAndYou'reBrown

Ain't life a trip?

Damn...



MoodSwingz_August_1998

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mia0917's picture

You ain't never lie....Very nice poem....you go girl...

Feelin' Groovy's picture

Shit. No, really.

Shana Alexander's picture

This must be a spoken word peice. . .because I can almost hear it being read. This spoke volumes on what it means to be black and also to be proud. Very good poem! Keep on keepin on! Peace, Love, and Prosperity!