hahaha i just came across something i wrote in grade 9 and i thought i should share it with you.

African Woman – You are beautiful

Your brilliant smile is like the stars

That light up the dark night skies

Your soft hands are comfort

Always there when life is hardest

Your luscious lips speak the magic of peace

Your eyes radiate hope

Your glorious body

With its curves and striking features

Cannot begin to express the depth that lies

within

Each feature

Your:

Lips

Hands

Shoulders

Only some understand your smile

Saying thousands of words and speaking comfort

With a single embrace

You give hope and the belief that this too shall pass

African woman- you are beautiful

Yet

Men abuse you

They silence you

And the lips that once spoke of peace

Utter words of suffering and abuse

The tears that used to wash away sorrow

Are now of pain

Your glorious body bears scars

Of suffering

African woman

Seize your power

Take back your strength

The days of walking in fear of violence

Are

Over

Embrace your strength

Touch it with your soft hands

Speak of it with your luscious lips

Show it in your beautiful eyes

Express it through your beauty

Don’t you ever forget

African woman you are beautiful

And because you are beautiful

African woman you are strong!