Melanin Poems - Poems about Melanin

They told me darkness was a curse— a stain upon the soul, a mark of shame in the mirror of the world. But they lied. For it is in the womb of night that galaxies are born. Darkness— the divine mother of all that lives. Before the stars first breathed, before light dared to flicker, there was Dark Matter, the sacred pulse of 85% of the known...

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The spices release their scent to ease my heart, numb ~ yet tracing glasses brimming with tears, aching for a touch of chamomile wisps, beneath a sky that reeks of regrets and words unspoken ~ too afraid to rephrase, like smoke incensed with sulfur, like blue cheese and old pickles, tickling the curves of this melanin...

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In realms of ink and solitude I dwell, A poet's soul, an ancient tale to tell. Within these words, my heart bleeds sincere, Of being a poet, black and without fear. Like twilight's symphony, my rhyme awakes, A melodic dance, where beauty takes shape. Freely I divulge the thoughts that reside, In realms of darkness where dreams do confide. With every verse that...

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#African_melanin From a distance, I was captured, in me a flame lit, curiosity stroke my urge, in my body, suspense strangled me, dying of heat, waiting to be quenched of my yearned thirst, a chocolate pigment, velvet and silk in one cloth, I see what nature never allowed me glimpse into, maybe I lived in denial,...

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MELANIN MORE- I am not black, more closely to bronze, brown, or tan Mine nationality, creed, and kind I am a son child of a living God Bronze brown Melanin More Royalty free standing Holy Non-European Bronze brown I am a son child of a living God Mine nationality, creed, and kind I am not black, more closely to bronze, brown, or tan Melanin More 6/5/24 Written words by James...

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Wash away the sins of the father Release your head from the sand Try to start again Or ignore the reaching hand Who are you to judge over a body? A way of life? A face growing weary and thin? Restless, are we still so cold? Are we a plague to ourselves, made of mildew and mould? Pigment and porcelain statues refuse to...

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IN A PERFECT WORLD! What one can only but wish to be her reality A lit tunnel of happiness Eyes glistening on her melanin Cocoa-butter one with its bud Like Eve I knew you are complete as I am of your flesh No treason, The garden of Eden yet to be pruned What one can only wish…. That her...

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A fertile submission in a dark nest and yet it is believed that beings must be next to each other to touch. In my hive, he prayed for my nectar. With a steady hum buzzing through the forest. I stuck out my tongue, angry that the poems I imagined on his neck could never be written. The trees talked, Screamed when he...

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The problem is in our upbringing, We were told, "the only pretty is pale". It's the fault of our upbringing, We measure beauty in colour scale. Why does he even like her? She's ugly (she's dark). Tree's beauty is in it's flower, Not in the colour of it's bark. Now we teach "only fair is fair". We don't even know the cure. Well, you don't...

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Black, black Born black Head to toe black Back black, side black, cock black Every inch black Midnight without a star, Black Friday, black Saturday, every day black male Black out from home Black in the pen Ba, ba, black sheep off the streets Whack, whack stocked against black Jack Black hair, black beard Pirate, attack black Rat-a-tat, payback Skin shine, melanin design, black Knight Black Friday night...

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Cold Rains Wash Melanin Mix Spectrum Get pure white Color of peace Touch of true bliss Takes you on autumn cloud Drifts to the grey horizon Splits in VIBGYOR of the rainbow Cold rains wash the melanin away Sky loses colors becomes blank as white. January 22, 2018....

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The thickness of your melanine Like some hot beverage So strongly black I crave. The enchantment of your literature Makes me loss my virtue Alluring in your words As i dance my way through My pelvis twisting soothly To your music..You are the music The melody of your harmony As it penetrates through my os Sinus os as it touches my heart Ooh what a beauty As...

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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 is so big and curly You turn heads when you come into a room Everyone becomes blinded by your glory You’re feeling yourself… Feeling your melanin You are magical You walk with an air of confidence One...

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