BLACK BEAUTY

Formed from the ashes

Dust and clay

Modelled into essence 

As alive as day.

In our first breaths

Lay the unison of life, 

The gift of grace,

And blessings bestowed by the sun.

The same light

That nurtured us,

Fed our melanin,

And dawned onto us, a new age.

We bathe in her embers

O mother!

To whom we praise for this black skin,

This eternal treasure.

We do not falter

In our excellence,

Our exuberance,

Our beliefs.

From time,

You have looked down on us,

Suppressed our culture, 

Our lands, our birthrights.

Now my Fro 

Pays no heed

To the wind

That blows against it

My skin,

Glistening in the light of your Gods,

My body, blessed,

Rich in its curves, and definitions.

My lips,

Offer constant praise

To her

Who we dedicate this beauty.

When your eyes fixate upon me,

You feel her embodiment,

The fire I am born with hidden beneath,

Preserving this black skin.

We have been blessed 

By the sun, and the moon,

Night, and day,

Heaven, and earth.

We are a reflection

Of the light of the sun, 

The greatest gift tomorrow holds,

We are black.