You sat in the sun too long. Taunts from my peers haunted the elementary halls What’s self-esteem? Little ‘ol me wouldn’t have known it break little girls down before they can even know it It seemed like I went through an eternity of teasing before I embraced my skin. “This is it, this is me….
Tag: confidence
& Re(Introduction)
It took a decade of frustration but all your indecisive ways were a blessing in disguise I’d try and I’d try to get you to love me the way that I loved you the most but I was asking something of you that you couldn’t give. Not even big things just flowers, “Thinking of you,”…
& No Apologies
No Apologies It only took me 26 years but I’m madly in love with myself. I love the rich cocoa complexion I was so blessed with The bright smile that somehow survived candy as a food group and every other curve on my body makes me smile in the mirror. I’ve grown to realize that…
–& My Hair
Lyrical Status. “I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am not your expectations no, I am not my hair. I am not this skin. I am the soul that lies within.” — India Arie “I am not my Hair” Feeling. Content Me and my kinky thin in fullness but thick…
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