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Title: Within ....My Skin Post by: akilah_dances! on June 10, 2012, 11:13:29 AM Out of all the human races on this earth I chose this one. Out of all the places I chose here. Out of all the couples I chose them. Had I known that such a high price is to be paid just for being who I am I may not have bothered coming at all. Yuh see I was damn farse and outta place Hurry hurry meh lil self in 7 months early Thinkin' bout it...waiting the full term made no difference to the plague I enveloped my self in. Yeah....this swaddling cloth through no fault of mine Is as dark as West Indian dirt(fromSouth Trinidad to be exact-in d bush) As tough as beautiful as leather under Rastaman fingers . As radiant as dry season"s sun. As soft as Ethiopian wool. As fragrant as La Brea Pitchlake. As life giving as Castara waterfalls. I used to wonder if the clouds swirled in this bronze palette Would it turn like milk in coco-payol coffee? But the truth is as brutal as a dead dog on the priority bus route. This garment I wear A token of pride Agift from the gods A medal of the highest honour Indeed i wear it.... ..draped across and about my heart. Soldiering on like a TCL strike, against all odds thrown at me-from history to mystery to present day trickery I yield yet my heart stands resolute I...EH....bending! Hence i love myself, I exalt in the glory and power that is-myself and you.... YOU...despise ME? Your bleached opinions of my majesty speaks volumes of your blind /deliberate ignorance, coiled ropes done sign and sealed my destiny -I am nothing forever ,Fin? Thus the enigma unfolds before me Chinese Fan fashion Delicate,beautiful,subtle,graceful but murderous. Birth has sentenced me to a life of eternal validation for my existence and just like that-I am bound within the amour of my skin. |