Give Me Braids With Brains

That lady without make up
I want her who is beautiful when she wakes up
She is natural when she shake up
Her smile is none plastic her no fake up
Her beauty sum up
A total woman cobbled up
Her without make up
SHe who is beautiful when she wakes up.
The one who concentrates on her books
Not her looks, boots or boobs
She is above average and can wash and cook
She never has a private degree from a private university
With private marks from High-school
She is a wise lady
One without make up
She who is beautiful when she wakes up.
Do not give me leftovers from the Hyenas
Not again I am done doing vultures
I am neither a lion
I want not to fall for lies
Give me peace
One who sees beyond the powder on the face
One who invests in her brains 
One who can forgo braids for books
Give me looks and content
one without make up
she who is beautiful when she wakes up!
Do not give me the YOLOs and WCWs
Do not give me those obsessed with likes
Give me like my mother a wife
A woman
A mother
A lioness
Give me braids with brains.
I ask with Humility
Time to seek Purity.
Go for dignity.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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