WHAT

WHAT(something I just thought of)

by Babysixnineone Brown on Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:50pm

WHAT is BLACK:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it

an absence

is it a darkness

an evil

that no one who

has entered it can

be released...

Can it be related to

doom, or to dying

since it is only assumed

that things fade to BLACK

but I thought those said

that a WHITE light was seen

Is there Blackness

without Light

or is it considered

hoplessness..to be destroyed

by brilliant vibrant light..

Then what AM I

am I truly BLACK

and he TRULY WHITE

to be ascribed as a COLOR

not a race...

It is impossible to ascribe me race

since I am a product of

a multi-cultural genome

so why is it that I am comfortable

calling myself BLACK....

Well for me it is like the "X" that

Malcom took, he knew not who

he was so decided to continue

to not know, but to work on

becoming who HE was

A MAN

So I accept my state

of Blackness not as

an individual who has no choice

but the choice

to let it stand as a

reminder that

I

KNOW not WHO I am

but I create that which is to become and

has arrived

A WOMAN

One of substance, integrity,

faithfulness, justice, and most

of all most powerful of all

LOVE

BABy 2011

Reviews

[biggerthenu]

thanks for the insight well spoken

[Dream Weaver]

A great insight, there are many colors in a spectrum but what
many people don't know is that white isn't considered one of
them. here's something else to ponder; why do good guys wear
white and the villians wear black? As for me the color of someones
skin is just a hue a tint a pigment and has absolutely nothing to
do with what's on the inside. When push comes to shove the old
saying still applys: we all bleed red within... A phenominal write!

[Coyote Poetry]

I don't know. Beautiful black skin on a woman is art to some men. Color of skin is the desire of the person. What make a person beautiful is their dreams, their deeds and their heart. I like the way you made your point.
"One of substance, integrity,
faithfulness, justice, and most
of all most powerful of all
LOVE"
Thank you for the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[J Todd Underhill]

I could hear this being another slam poetry piece. I think you would rock it very well in that genre!

[M Garcia]

beautiful

[Raven Starhawk]

Essentially beautiful

[A-Lovely-Anxiety]

Beautiful poem. The picture only helps the words.

[Teri B]

What an absolutely gorgeous picture! I had to get that out, first! :)

Then, let me say I like the sentiments herein expressed! Coming from the Caribbean, I embarace my "otherness" - MORE than black, MORE than white! I am me...and better for it! I enjoyed this!

[November Gold]

BRILLIANT!!! I love this!