Black Women

by Trini Poet



Mahogany
Sandy beige
Chocolate
Nut brown
Molasses
Cinnamon
Midnite blue
Honey suckled brown
A Kalidoscope of Blackness.

STRENGTH: to carry our ancestors sorrow
WISDOM: to guide our future black generation
HEALTH: to sustain a strong, proud black family

Hour glass shaped
apples or oranges
pear shaped
candied yam thighs
Ham-hox behinds
God given assets that tantalize the black man's mind

LOVE: to overcome the evils of hate and racism
FAITH: to know that God is always on our side
PERSEVERANCE: to resist giving up the fight
with our everyday struggles

Black beauty
Mother
Lover
Friend
Sister
Wife
Daughter
Woman
A multitude of appellation

HEART: one that forgives 77 x 7 times
and keeps on loving again and again
TEARS: the only thing in her life that is truly hers,
       it cleans her heart and revives her soul
MIND: something that should be respected and revered

All this and more are the beauties found deep within
a truly strong and cultured black...

Black as the night;
Strong as our ancestors and;
Cultured by the heritage that makes all black people beautiful.
YES
This is the beauty of BLACK WOMEN.

Black Women by Trini Poet

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