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!
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