Black and Beautiful

[MISSKEYdaQUEEN]

BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL


Black, brown, mocha
Mountains and earth
I will give birth to many with your magnificence
I will give nectar from breast
And give tenderness from fingertips
King sperm
King travels
Queen egg
Royal fertilization
We have royal in our blood
Our blood
Red like cuts leaving blood on chains
Being dragged from villages of my origin
To unfamiliar places
My native tongue knows nothing of a place called Jamestown
But that’s where we were and
They know nothing of your royalty there
They CARE nothing of your royalty there
Royal blood
Red like
like
Lacerations from bushes and jagged rocks
Under feet as we followed the big dipper
Stars gave hope and in that darkness there was light
In your darkness there is light
We are black and beautiful
Like midnight
Black and beautiful like black sands and
Brown soil and
Red clay
Black and beautiful like negro spirituals
And alto melodies from the lips
Of Paul Robeson
Black and beautiful like the blues
Like the sorrow
Like the Holidays that aren’t celebrated even
If it was Billie
Like the Raineys raindrops
Ma sung to me and made me feel pain and hope at the same time
Like my black skin
Pain and hope at the same time
Like my kinky hair
Pain and hope at the same time
Like my full lips and wide hips
Pain and hope at the same time
Pain as I bring time
Pain as I bring yours and mine forth
Giving birth to Malcolm, Martin, Elijah, Eldridge, Maya, Bessie, Etta, Marley, Newton
Pain and hope at the same time
I am saving this nation
Royally
Bringing salvation to stillborn expectations
There is greatness in my blackness
Beautiful blackness
Powerful blackness
Like fists raising in unison
Forming darkness
In daylight
With the spirit of pride
Hell yes I am proud
Proud of you and me
And the capacity to break free from chains that have bound us for 400 plus years
And we persevere
We push on
We keep walking
Through rugged pathways, climbing daunting cliffs,
Why should I be afraid of what the earth gives me?
Why should I be afraid of what the earth gives me?
I am the earth
Rebirthed
I am the reflections in oceans of a pitch black sky
And even when I die I will be alive
Having passed on royal genes
From Kings and Queens
I bring to you
A reason to recognize your greatness
Do not waste this
Acknowledge and take your freedom
It is there!
But a slave is still a slave even if he runs away
Unless he makes the choice to throw the mentality away
Shake loose the chains that bind you
Submerge yourself in the legacy your ancestors have left for you
Make use of the existence that has been blessed upon you
BE
BLACK AND BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[absolute zero]

I liked this. I can't really put my finger on what jumped out at me. Maybe it's the way each line was crafted to jump out and poke me, jabbing, jab, jab. It's possible I was lured in by the great words of detail. Either way, I loved it.

Bless.

[Bhitiah]

"Pain and hope at the same time
I am saving this nation
Royally
Bringing salvation to stillborn expectations"


"But a slave is still a slave even if he runs away
Unless he makes the choice to throw the mentality away
Shake loose the chains that bind you"

This was awesome...Most if not all, Of your poetry is though. Stay up!

We need to talk about something, I'll get at you in a few days.