Brown Eyes....Black Girl
- Gogo uMkhanyakude
- Oct 6, 2016
- 1 min read
ᗷᖇOᗯᑎ GIᖇᒪ....
With the brown eyes
What secrets lie between those eyes
Did your mother teach you how to switch your hips when you walk
Did she teach you how to look within and find your soft spot
Or has your daddy made you hard
Have society taught you that your beauty is refundable
Considering how many European women are cashing in on your features
Brown girl
What does your poetry hide
What does the words that form sentences contained with unspoken language tell
Who told you that you are your ancestors blood, sweat, and tears
That you are the replica of the Dandridge, Tubman, and Angelou characters
Brown girl
Who taught you to cover up your flaws
That beautiful stretch marks, cellulite, and scars were ugly
Brown girl
Who taught you to grow carnations from your mind Instead of dandelions
That the real will always replace those that are faking
Who taught you brown girl
Was it you
Was it your ex boyfriend
Was it television
Was it rap music
Or maybe India Arie
Who told you how to love you freely
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