Sacrifice
Sacrifice, the action of aspiration
It is the burning of a lamb.
Chemicals in a black girl's hair.
Makeup on a white girl's skin.
It is the humbling surplus of the unrequired.
Sacrifice is giving your last drop of water
to a needy plant,
so that one day it will grow
and sacrifice something for you.
Sacrifice is willingly giving something
that you don't have
hoping, looking, waiting
for a little something more.