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Unspoken


Unspoken

 

Soft curls; mixed colors

freckles; mixed skin

shady eyes; mixed lips

i am not my hair

i am not my skin

i am not what you see

 

sorrow genes make the curls

unidentification make the colors

stress keeps the freckles

verification make the skin

pain and vain make the eyes

cruelty make the lips

you don't see truthfully

no one does

not even me.

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