Category: black
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Dark Corners
Let light shine on the pale, unbroken darkness That encompasses this place The corners that are dim Are painted in a thick cloak of blackness That is eager to envelop all it touches Let peace arise in the midst of obscurity The brown centipedes that crawl on dilapidated walls Every leg moving in the same…
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Changing Weather
Tomorrow’s dreams are not promised today We will sit on the edge of playful tales To clasp onto the desires of fate We will weave baskets with the love we played We dig deep searching for hidden water Let the wells swell with the life we have found Hoping the hours will not falter Contaminated…
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Black History Month Short Poem
Days and nights spent wondering if things will get better You are the core of strange fruit That refuses to live without roots, You cultivated a culture from a soil you could never call home You are the epitome of blood meeting bone because you never gave up When the thunder struck, you kept going …
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Embarrassing Journal Post: Get Your Eagle On
I been a dark skin sista all my life. Whether in a afro, locks, relaxed or tightly bound braids. I have spent my days as a black woman through and through. During my youth, I spent many days and nights feeling as though my blackness never matched up to societal norms. Growing up I wasn’t…
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Winter Conversations
It’s a chill in the air. Warm breath leaving passionate lungs turns into fog. Snow crunches underfoot and gloves keep fingertips from freezing. Ice coats the black pavement like a happy coincidence. People slide in and out of easy conversation over hot coco and restored connections. Winter time brings people together like knitted blankets and…
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A Fantasy
See your special to me like hope parasailing over oceans That hold tales deeper than tear drops That constantly fall from full rain clouds ready to burst If they don’t tell something See you like asphalt to me Harder than stone Black and gray like concrete You tug at me like a dog with a…
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Just a Thought: Chocolate Hue
Chocolate Hue He is a chocolate delight With skin that shines like the sun And a hue blacker than night With a flavor richer than Tootsie Rolls He sees through to my hurt spirit Because love coats the hopes of a sadden soul Love always, Esha <3
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