When all do talk
About complexions
And call mine dirty
And call mine animalish,
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When all do talk
Like holes without breaks
About my status
And call me low
And call me un-classy,
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When all do talk
Like fowls sensing danger
And call me a taboo
And call me cursed;
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I look at me,
The royal me
The velvet black me
In the bright rivers
By the help of the sun
And see one God baked,
And see one like all
And see one so clear
Then I see one of the angels
No, one like God
A beautiful one like God
Yes, beautiful is how I see me
Like an akuaba
I see none other but me
And my head’s thoughts speak best
I am beautiful!
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Mum Cee 
10 replies on “BEAUTIFUL”
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I wish more folks would realize the beauty they hold and not listen to vicious tongues spewing venom everywhere. You are beautiful, inside and out. Blessings upon you my friend.
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And blessings upon you great one.
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Thank you my friend.
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Always a pleasure.
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When I was young I was made fun of and laughed at because of my dark skin. Sadly it was mostly other Black people who did this. I thought myself ugly for years. I used to come home crying to my Father. My Dad used to tell me this, “The Blacker the Berry the Sweeter the Juice. If the berry is too light it has not use.” Now that I’m much older I’m glad to be dark skinned because I don’t look my age. Truly as the expression goes, “Black don’t crack!”
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Wow! He really was a great man, “the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice” Nice. Thank you for sharing Sister Debbie.
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Of course you are…to write these words.
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Thank you Marissa.
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Powerful and true! after all, what’s in the complexion or external beauty that these humans seem to judge each other for.
Regards,
-Naima
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Ask me again. What is there?
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