i used to shudder when i looked in the mirror

all i could see were

those thick 

black 

brows 

so when you say “remember when eyebrows were just eyebrows” 

i say that eyebrows were never just eyebrows for little brown girls with 

those thick 

black 

brows 

just like her father 

for that little girl who tried to pull her fuzz off with scotch tape 

those thick 

black 

brows 

that made that little brown girl more brown 

more foreign. 

until suddenly “strong eyebrow game”

and now 

my thick 

black 

brows 

are beautiful 

and when i look in the mirror 

my thick 

black 

brows 

are part of me i can count on  

and my thick 

black 

brows

still make me more brown 

but finally,

i love it.