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Tyrone Johnson Poem
PROUD OF MY SKIN
I didn't ask to be the color I am, I was born this way. Talk about it all you want it still ain't gonna change.
I'm proud of my skin and even happier that your not, because as much as you think you're hurting me with your words, the more you need to stop.
My skin is the color of my ancestors that paved the way for my kind to still be around. It's the color of the many years of struggles that we still face right now.
I'm proud of my skin because it displays authority, power and strength, the three things that those not my color think we can't represent.
I wake up every day with a smile on my face, knowing when I walk out my door, someone will give me a look of disgrace.
Their evil and their hate ignites pride to my race, one they will never win because they assume blacks are always in last place.
I'm proud of my skin because we've had to endure more pain and suffering then the Jews, Irish, Indians, and Mexicans. However, we do respect them all because we do understand.
Like many of my people, I remember the dream. Now that we have got that accomplished, we need to seek out for better things.
It astounds me that people are afraid of me just because of the color of my skin. Yet when the summer sun comes out they are the ones trying to blend in.
I'm proud of my skin because I don't need to do much to get attention, therefore I use that to the highest of my ability within reason.
I understand we are all the same, that's not supposed to change because of our race and or last name. So when you start reading those verses out the bible that talks about property and enslavement, think twice before you put a black face in your mind or on the pavement.
I am not some plague here to wipe you away, nor am I doormat that you can step on every day. If you close your eyes and hold my hand you wouldn't even know you were in the presence of a black man.
I'm proud of my skin because I feel no shame. I see everyone that thinks, eats, and breath all as the same.
I'm proud of my skin and you should be too, not because were the same, but because I'm unique just like you.
Copyright © Tyrone Johnson | Year Posted 2016
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Tyrone Johnson Poem
I was not told that I would be dark as a shadow in a solitary hole.
No not my soul, but the flesh that doesn't match the man who birth
me; but all of the one that spent seven months moaning for my release
I was not told that it would be my Achilles heel to everyone's jokes
and punchlines as they all fought with bare hands and I with a muzzle.
Words aren't suppose to hurt, but living in a shadow, how could I see
the light behind all the dark remarks that tainted my very existence of
living.
I was not told that love was color blind and that many years later I would
only see happiness when reaching for the light. that I would also be
criticized for not seeing color like many of those I grew up around. Yet,
their skin too would match the blacktop that we all once played as friends.
However, no one told those that kept me in the shadows for all those years
that I am light. No not skin tone, but my heart that holds anyone that I come
across in my life. I'm lighter than a feather on my feet which allows me to
never stay down, for I am light and the shadow that I once was vanished as
my eyes opened to the sun.
Copyright © Tyrone Johnson | Year Posted 2015
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Life without you is unimaginable still till this day.
Your touch, your kiss, and our love could never be replaced.
you give me a reason to smile and that I adore.
Your hugs are my protection, that I always crave more.
Your my bloodline to my heart, helping it pump full of joy.
Your my vocals to my lungs when my laugh needs to make noise.
Your my prints to my fingers whenever I feel your skin.
Your the image in my eyes for whenever I see a vision.
I love you now and forevermore. Being with you everyday
is a life worth living for.
Your my Monday through Friday, my sun and my moon
Your my happy and sad , my weekends too.
Your my dreams while I sleep, and my coffee for the day.
You mean so much to me that these words cant explain.
I love you!
Copyright © Tyrone Johnson | Year Posted 2016
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Undress me with your eyes and our connection will not last,
give me the decency to listen to your heart, as your words caress my soul.
Let our minds collide by laughter and a hint of smiles. Open up my affection
with all of your truth. Care for me now and I'll always love for you.
Copyright © Tyrone Johnson | Year Posted 2015
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How can I not love you? Like a marriage, you've been by me through thick and thin. You know all my faults, my secretes and all my sins.
You give me hope every time I dream, you lend me help when I'm in need.
You put me in my place when I am wrong, yet when I am weak, you are my weight to hold me strong.
You are the left part of my brain when I'm not always right, you are the one I can depend on to keep me out of fights.
A kiss from one another, we have never had, and the only time I hold you is when you are sad.
Not saying more would't be better, just that I love were we're at. You are my best friend forever, and there is no great love than that.
Copyright © Tyrone Johnson | Year Posted 2015
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