Black like me
when I was just a girl, I never asked my mother what will I be. Yet, here’s what her presence offered to me.
you will stay
Black like me
proud like me
smart like me
kind like me
loving like me
flawed like me
and sometimes you might be
glad like me
sad like me
hurt like me
selfless like me
stubborn like me
angry like me
and when there are storms
you will dance
through them like me
fall down like me
get up like me
and when there are rainbows
you will smile
through them like me
sing your own song like me
feel joy like me
but for now
be royal like me
be loyal like me
be a woman like me
stay Black like me
for one of these days
you will shed this cocoon
stand in front of a mirror
and be Black like you
