Being Black: Black Being

Blackkk Power

They say my dark skin and curly hair
Bear the Curse of Cain.
Still, I am the image of GOD -
ITs Great Creation.
IT created me this way,
With ITs Perfect Insight -
But they enslaved me because of this,
I remain inside the Cage.
The Cage of believing in my own inferiority,
The cage of criminals, the cage of poverty.
As I broke lose from their chains,
I became a slave to my own.
A slave to vanity, a slave to gold.
I chase lavish living as opposed to wealth
In free EXISTENCE.
My life has lost its true essence -
My death is displayed by adolescents
Calling each other "n*****s"
And their sisters "b*****s".
They smile at ignorance but frown upon intellect.
In my new life, may I be reincarnated
In a world where I will not be discriminated?
May I return to a world where my dark
Skin and curly hair don't matter?
Where my counterparts come gather with me,
Until we aren't distinguished by color...
Until then, I gain power and say out loud :

I'm black - and I'm PROUD!

Author's Note

Review if you find it interesting,or if you find any dark imagery - pardon the pun.

Reviews

[CecilA]

Slbo x Poet,

You have touched my soul with this poem. It is ironic that I'm writing a novel which deals with the lives of migrant African Americans in rural Pennsylvania, USA in the 1940 -50's post war era. Being 'White,' whatever that means, actually embarrasses me. I sickens me to know how persons of your race have been treated by 'white' people. When I traced my ancestry I was relieved to discover that no one 'owned' slaves or had dealings with the subjugation of people.

Would you give me permission to print a copy of your poem for further study? I won't publish it or give it to anyone. I need to study you work.

Thank you for your last line: 'I'm black - and I'm PROUD!'

I would like to defer my review until I've had time to do a thorough analysis of your work.

You are not inferior; if anyone is inferior it's me.

Thank you for sharing this provocative poem.

Sincerely, Cecil

[Sibling]

Firstly,You are welcome to do whatever ye wish with this piece,noble writer...

I wrote this when we were doing the civil rights movement section in history,
And I wasn't particularly all for the pan-africanist/afrocentric views that were somehow represented by others -
I believe we're all equal,and thus the same :
There is no race in the future,or at least I hope.

I know I am not inferior (thanks to Steve Biko)
I know I am not superior (thanks to Henrik Verwoerd -_-)
But still I'm a Naturally Intelligent God Gifted African -
LOL
Don't be so guilty,
Your soul is not tainted.

[sEyethe]

trapped in belief, if only some people knew that sometimes what they believe in is mere enslaving them..

[Lethu]

We broke free just to become slaves of our own vanity. THAT'S INSANITY. Where's the freedom in that? A perculiar bondage. I should start writing.