An Apology

I apologize for my blackness

A thousand sorries for the threat to your superiority For the continued backlash and uprisings of the minority

I am sorry we are not silent

That we react in violence but you see violence is the silencer that was used on us so four hundred years later we see no better tactic than to get back at massa for all the lashes so we respond with violence

Forgive me

but this is not the violence you were expecting

This is a beautiful war fought with our minds and will

Yes it is beautiful Because we are becoming fruitful

we are realizing our capabilities

And for this I apologize

Forgive us for filling up your schools

Forgive us for excelling in your field of work

Forgive us for being excellent

We know no other way

You see you may have stripped us of everything we have

You may have tried to force us out

You may have tried to keep us down

But this charcoal skin cannot be forgiven

These child bearing hips will not give up

The bondage as tight as the curl of my hair has been broken

For this we cannot be forgiven

For all of these things I do not apologize

Because I am and forever will be unapologetically black