BLACK

BLACK

I read somewhere once: Black don’t crack

I like to think of myself as black

Not in the way you think

I am not referring to the color of my skin

When I talk black, I talk strength

I talk resilience, I talk bond

I talk valor, I talk vigor.

I am black. No, not my skin

My attitude, my walk, my talk

My doggedness, my gallantry

has seen me through tough times

Each time life hauls me through the trenches

I come out blacker.

I am black. Are you?

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