Love Poem: Proud of Black
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Written by: Energy Mavaza

Proud of Black

I am black and proud! Oh Yes.  
I will sing it loud all years.  
Black is my skin calling.  
Out of black love you will never see me falling.  
I am a black tattoo inside out.  
I stay black whether I bleach it out.  
Because I’m not the melanin you see,  
But the cranium and genes you don’t see. 
It’s my color not skin reaction. 
I have been black since creation, 
Way before brown was the new black. 
Before witches rode on hyenas back. 
Before I got tubed in my father’s loin, 
I was black even in my Gods' plan. 
 I will stay black at what cost, 
"Black me back" if you see me lost. 
Because that’s true love if I love me. 
Pride is bad but am proud of me.