I am Beautiful

October 20, 2015

I am beautiful

Because I am God made

Different in shades

Looked down upon

But I am beautiful

I am the woman that birthed you

The woman that spent 245 years enslaved

OPPRESSED

but I am beautiful

I am the black woman

Whose beauty is determined by the color of her skin

The length and texture of her hair

The curves of her body

The size of her cups

But I am beautiful

OSTRACIZED

accused of being angry all the time

Living in a world where were not as

"Foreign" as we should be

I AM BLACK AND I AM BEAUTIFUL

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