Dark Skin Beauty

Dark Skin Beauty by Kenyatta Deshazier 

You're pretty for a dark skin girl. 

Is that a compliment? 

Is that supposed to make me feel better about myself? 

My skin is melanin. 

An aggregate of smaller component molecules: 

Grace, Beauty, Intelligence and Kindness. 

My skin shines in the sunlight 

My skin Egyptian queens leading armies 

My skin first ladies leading the world 

My skin is beautiful. 

A beautiful girl has no time for ignorance.