Two

Kat is

Soul on fire
As I birth
This

For no other reasons
Than birth pains
Are a blessing

And children aren't mine
To keep
But ideas to free

Sprouting wings of
Concrete
Attempting to fly

Over piles of s**t
Masquerading as
Friendships

Foes know better
Than to even try
Cause I've kept them close
And they know me
Better than those trusted to
Shield me from pain

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray sometimes
To personify
All that you think I am

Waking to walk
Not stumble
Crawling
Scratching
Clawing

Blessed be to those
Who don't encounter me

Still I rise...and

Anondra is

Attempting to figure out
How I got here

I laid down to sleep
Arose on the opposite side
Of my reality

Looking at whose standing
Next to me with slight
Wonder
No awe
That's reserved for that one
I know not

Road not taken not an option
As I only see one pathway
Out of vision blurred long time ago

No acknowledgment of past
Failures because that would
Be to much like learning

Claiming intelligence
Displaying personas
Exemplified by those
Who think this is
What
A black woman should be

Picture me this
In black and white
No colors
No growth

Closed in by absolute
Uncertainties
Weakness displayed
Late at night with the
Ghosts watching

Sun rises
I rise�
two

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[bey]

Sun rises
I rise�
two

this statement...very insightful. self reflecting write.