I Heard Children Cry
Not Because of Hunger, But Because Death Was At Their Front Door “I’m not political.”“Gas is so high.”“I don’t watch the news; it’s too depressing.” We say things like this so casually. And to an extent, I get it. I stopped watching the news years ago. I’m an overly sensitive person, and the news is heavy. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that being educated is not just about what you studied in university, knowing geography, being cultured across different nationalities, or reading for pleasure. But it’s also about being informed and staying informed about what is happening in the
What Happens When
What happens when a young black girl loses herself before she’s lived, Desperate for validation and self-gratification that she begins to live a lie, A life that wasn’t meant for her, We focus so much on them seeing themselves through our own eyes not realizing we are the first to demonize, What happens when we take their spirituality calculated into
Divorce
I’ve asked this bitch for a divorce going on 5 years now But somehow she finds a way to creep in and act as if we’re all good Then wants to bring up something from my past to make me feel less than what I am Like I understand I’ve made mistakes But bitch stop fucking with me then I
Black Man
When I stop to stare at you I see pure beauty, no lust or greed. The power behind your mere existence is enough to last for centuries. The dynamics of your prowesses I cannot explain. Black man you are something that shall not break. Black man your are more than the sex symbol they’ve made out of you More than
Abused Girl
I will never forgive the black community on how you handled sexual abuse It’s disturbing how okay you are with violations just because they have a relation to you You acted as if you couldn’t fathom how R Kelly’s victims stayed so their stories were made out to be untrue But how many of you still go to the family
My Black American Identity
My identity has been calculated into a falsity. Masked by a formality that my culture is “black”. If I come from a sadist who raped, tortured and mutilated me because I was that. My culture is technically the very opposite of “black”. They gave me Jesus to praise, the scraps of pigs to eat, shacks with no running water to
