Dear, Black Girl
Dear Black Girl,
Let me start by saying I apologize
for all the times I didn't recognize
the beauty in my brown curls
and shake in my thighs
for when I let others tell me
what would set my soul free
and that, that
is who, what, how I will be
Let me finish by saying I'm proud
to be the black girl that is loud
no shame will live in me
I will not drown in someone else's rain cloud
Oh Black Girl dont you see
you are adored upon, the adoree
they call you excellence and magic
because you're alive with it, no hyperbole
Live with your head towards the sky, honey bee
Love,
Black Girl That Is Me