am i beautiful

  • haley asked if i was beautiful.
  • i told her yes.  so she would shut up.
  • i felt like im not. im too black. and 
  • shes light skined and i am black 
  • so that makes her beautiful and i am not 
  • i wish i was like her 
  •  i know i shouldn't wish to be someone else but 
  • im so black how do i peel this skin from there bones
  • i want to step into white skin 
  • white is hot 
  • how do you love what you dont like 
  • my mother is ugly as well because shes black 
  • too black my dad to black 
  • half of my family is light 
  • i wish i could be more them 
  • i could attrad more women and men if i could be more them 
  • i ponder my death in this skin 
  • im sure i would rather be white bones than this 
  • haley asked me if i was beautiful looking at my own relecection 
  • i am still seaching for the answer to this question am i beautiful
This poem is about: 
My family

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