AN UNAPOLOGETICALLY BLACKISH DAUGHTER

A poem about the beauty that lies between the Black Skin

I was told my skin is black and dirty
I was told I look filthy and needed cleansing

I was told I needed to hide in shame during the day
And cry my eyes out at night wishing I had been moulded with a different clay

They told me i didnt have the right to stand beside the light skinned girl next door.

They told me when she spoke I had to be quiet and listen to everything she said

They told me she was everything and anything she touched turned golden

They told me she was an Angel and I was just a filthy rag she could toss around

They told me i was privileged to know her and I had to worship the ground she walked on

Oh…How they Lied,Oh…How I believed them

How I let them insult my Beautiful Black Skin

How i forgot that i was bathed in chocolate and caramel butter

That i was coated with brown sugar and im dripping Melanin

That i’m bronzed with elegance and enameled with grace

With skin Toasted,Baked and Laced with glitters

But now i know better,now i carry the pride in my smile and my shoulder is held high when I walk

There’s pride in my voice when I speak now.

Now it’s clear to the world that I’m an Unapologetically Blackish daughter of my Father.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Jibey]

This was sad but also magnificent. You express well the effect of prejudice and affirm your splendour in positive and stirring words - 'enameled with grace', 'laced with glitters'. I know, from my experience of black lovers, how attractive are such silky, shining bodies