Best Melanin Poems

Melanin
Girl, your melanin is POPPIN’
You woke up like that
You’re flawless
Yo’ skin is mixed with caramel and chocolate
As dark as night
Or as light as honey
Yo’ hair...

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When I gaze into this realm, I see more than the dazzling array
     of golden starbursts floating in a cosmic sea...

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Every flower has its own color
With annual observation,
this we springtime discover

Give a womb kernel cede
of acknowledgment
To the spectrum birthright
of each other

We are all one,
tho’ from...

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I am not sorry for my brown skin , a magical mix of honey , gold , and the perfect hue of melanin 

 I...

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Ghost-striped by wild magic, night roams into the night
with a mystique like the darkness of the moon’s shaded face.
A jet silhouette with shadowed rosettes prowls...

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Today I decided to write you a letter.
Honey I know that life is hard, and sadly it won't get better.
The world is not a friendly...

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In my diary of destinies,
your song left a sweet scar.
In the silent savagery of time,
fate falters, floating like a feather,
yet my soul still sings your...

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I am Africa, the cradle of mankind,
Where ancient footprints in the sands of time entwined,
The birthplace of humanity, divinely designed,
In my esteemed valleys, where life...

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The color of blood unchanged,
flowed in the stream of time evolved,
as ancient singular ancestor etched
footprints of humanity on the globe, explored.

Common lineage thriving insulated,
splintered into...

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A fetching feminine
With magnificent melanin
A soft skin
With a shiny shin
A captivating cleavage
With syrupy sweat
A gorgeous girlfriend
With gleeful giggles
A warm woman
With humane heart
A mindful mother
With a...

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Mama ate her collard greens with raw onions, pinching a 
morsel of greens with sweet cornbread, as juicy pork 
neckbones lay naked of meat. 

The...

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Same time
Same place
Different color
Of the face

Same K-12 system
Same university
Different college
Who gained 
More knowledge?
Who excelled?
Who got more hell?

Same job
Same school
Same students
Same certification
Different degrees

Who stayed 
On their...

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Black woman you are my Nubian Queen.
Black woman you are strong.
Black woman you are the one,
Black woman you are a true blessing on this little...

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Albinism kids are beautiful.

They lack melanin which gives them default. But I don't see a default. 
All I see is beautiful blonde hair that's so...

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Without her love
I am
supine and catatonic
resting energy

E=mc2
squared

Mantra of melanin
black and white
we blend together

The consequence
of making love
is Olympism

Proverbial softness
sensibility and discernment
our internal systems burn
when I kiss...

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