Joseph Jeremiah Naye Poet Free verse

Light Skinned

Light skin, fair skin
All clamoured for by 
Creams to the rescue
Fading creams, toning creams
All bleaching creams

Women and men, old and young
all clamouring for light skin.
Looks enhancers 
creams a dozen to a penny

Melanin, so disdainful
Ebony black frowned upon;
Beauty markers haven chosen.

Women and men, old and young
All allured to the illusion that; 
  that beauty is in faded skin
  that beauty is in toned skin
  that beauty is all bleaching

Creams a dozen to a penny
Enmity with melanin;
Alas the elbows,
         the knuckles and
         the ankles all but
 refuse to bow; shaming the rest 
 of the body

Patches here and there;
Skin colours so unreal.
Colour and beauty tip gone astray;
Under skin in a state of agony
Damage done is a done deal.

Real beauty is natural
Ebony skin can't be faked
Light skin is Society's call.
 (Written in the year 2015)

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