In My Skin
...In my skin,
I'm proud and free!
This beautiful dark skin
I was born with
And live in
Fills my soul to the brim
With unadulterated pride...
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Categories:
discolorations, appreciation, identity, perspective, pride,
Form: Free verse
Dust
...We are crumbling,
black coal powder cracked beings
tossed upon the stove burning umber red
slated flames rising to yield heat,
an odor bituminous powdery residue
searing the nostrils with t...
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Categories:
discolorations, allegory, analogy,
Form: Free verse
Death Knell
...A saccharine rueful cry rode upon the wind,
not a howl but a solemn ceaseless wail of tears
whispering a last bell's ring, peal and tolling goodbye;
a farewell to blended melancholic images and...
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Categories:
discolorations, analogy, sound,
Form: Free verse
Ugly
...Burning wide black shaded eyes
squint,steal a blurred glimpse
and shut as stinging tears
mixed with facial muck smear
Gazing in the bathroom mirror
my eyes teared honey lime until my vision be...
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Categories:
discolorations, angst, health, loss, teen,
Form: Narrative