What we are, we do not know, as we carry within us a shade of dark brown, like a hidden shadow,
What we are, we do not know, as we carry within us a shade of dark brown, like a hidden shadow,
Wandering through nightmares woven from the dark threads of endless nights,
We lose ourselves among the floating ducks on a vast lake, a mirror of the boundless sky,
From where no departure will ever be possible, in
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Categories:
dark brown, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Song of a Son With Dark Brown Teeth
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.
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Categories:
dark brown, father, love, mother, my
Form: Lyric
My Dark Brown People
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
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Categories:
dark brown, appreciation, celebration, encouraging,
Form: Carpe Diem
Dark Brown Lights
Outside
City lights gleam
through the winter air
Cars rush by
The river flows on
Inside the city
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Categories:
dark brown, allegory, imagination, urban,
Form: Blank verse
Dark Brown Eyes Intimidate
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
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Categories:
dark brown, loss, lost love, love,
Form: I do not know?