Poems from CNMCCA01
My body is broken
My eyes no longer carry my soul
I am a poor image
A destroyed face looking back at me
My wounds are reminders of the...
I look in the mirror
The girl reflecting back is no longer familiar
A pure stranger
This girl
She's not me
This isn't my skin
This isn't...
I'll never be "that" girl
But l can be THIS girl
Silk tresses will never swim on the small of my back
Only coiled curls will dance freely...
We say beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Yet society has painted distorted beauty for us to behold
Thick waist- they don't want it!
Be...
I am an unstoppable force
Let the melanin in my skin tell a story
A story of triumph
Call me EBONY
Let my wild roots be my crown
Framing my...