you don’t have to be me, to read me
you don’t have to understand me, to read me
you don’t have to look like me to read me
all I want is for you to read me knowing these things
you may read me because of these things and that’s fine
you may read me as a result of these things and that’s fine
you may not want to read me because of these things and that’s fine too
but you do have to know these things before you read me
They are all labels that define me
Continue reading “Being me”who would have thought that the weight of my identity would call me to protest against all the injustices in our society
the core of my very being is being questioned in modern newsrooms and coffee chat mornings
to be black in this existence
to be a woman in this climate
oh and to be a christian and in all of these to remain silent
Continue reading “What do I say”It would be easier to lie and hide behind the facade designed perfectly by the architect in me
I’ll be first to say, it’s not all as it seems
Illusions have left us to ill use the idea that what our eyes tell our mind is true
but honestly, without my glasses, I have an oBscUreD VIeW
So maybe… you can’t trust my judgement on this matter but I’ll still tell you
Be careful! of the tricks your mind uses to deceive you..
Here’s why.. Continue reading “First Impressions”
The combination of A C G T
A molecule in a fusion
blood veins, arteries, glucose and particles
I am a result of a chemical reaction
The product of a simple attraction
Born into a unit that was nuclear
One man, one woman, one fifth of a fraction
A cocoa explosion, chocolate, coated cutaneous
I am a contained yet spontaneous anatomy
Physically speaking, I am normality
All one, I have my allosome
yet the x’s asking the y’s…
…who am I?
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