Chicory chew chew, tobakky chaw
I love my pappy. I love my ma.
Spit in a tin can, straight from my jaw
Chicory chew chew, tobakky chaw.
Categories:
dark brown, father, love, mother, my
Form: Lyric
I AM A WOMAN PROUD AND STRONG
MY HAIR IS BLACK AND LONG
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY SKIN
LIKE IT IS A BAD CURSE OR A HORRENDOUS SIN
IT IS AN INSULT TO ME
WHILE I AM LABELED TO BE
THE ONLY THING BLACK IS MY HAIR AMONG OTHERS
SO WHAT IS THE DEAL MY DARK BROWN SKINNED BROTHERS
WHY DO YOU YELL PROUDLY
GET CRUNK AND SCREAM LOUDLY
STOP RISING IN ANGER, BUT END UP PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER
WHILE OTHER ETHNICITIES SOMETIMES TREAT US LIKE STRANGERS
SOME RACES DO NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
SOME DARK BROWN PEOPLE WORK HARD AND GO TO COLLEGE
I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF BLACK AND THAT IS MY FACT
BUT WE ARE CALLED THAT BECAUSE OF HOW WE ACT
A POEM ABOUT VIEWS ON MY CULTURE OF HOW DARK BROWN PEOPLE AKA BLACK PEOPLE VIEW THEMSELVES AND OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS VIEW THEM.
Categories:
dark brown, appreciation, celebration, encouraging,
Form: Carpe Diem
Outside
City lights gleam
through the winter air
Cars rush by
The river flows on
Inside the city
the beat
of a million hearts
continues
the melody of the metropolis
is something
which we all
dream of
let the bare bones
of winter
occupy our asphalt homeland
We'll soon see another
light
as it cuts through the
frigid air
Before you head to dreamland
Write your story down
let everyone know
that you, too
live in this homeland
joined at the hip
we urban dwellers
depend on one another
Without cooperation
the music will die
Categories:
dark brown, allegory, imagination, urban,
Form: Blank verse
Dark brown eyes intimidate
Is that why
You couldn’t say this to my face?
Are you afraid to burn
In the line of my vision?
Or maybe you’re scared to love
These dark brown eyes
I’ll close them if it eases your pain
Categories:
dark brown, loss, lost love, love,
Form: I do not know?