You Are!

Candace Briscoe-Orphey 1986 (Lake Charles, Louisiana)



       
Hey little Blk girl
Words that could darken an uneducated soul
Hey blk girl
A title society made meaning to tear & torture a persons mental to be ridiculed
Hey little blk girl
Unsettling thoughts will form of wanting to be more
Intense growth develops
Will this help feel settled with those words?
Internally beginning to realize
Yes you are a blk girl but so much more
You are beautifully designed
Created uniquely with a purpose
Yes you are & so much more
You are of seasonal melanins enriched with a deeper soul
Lil blk girl you soon will reform
Energy will embrace of becoming who you are
A bold blk woman molded into perfection in your reflection
You’re the image in which HE has reborn from being scorn
If ever steered wrong through many learning experiences
Become offended no more
You are a blk woman
Yes you are & so much more
No longer will you be left with battling who you are
No longer bound of the thoughts
Yes you are more
You not a title given on a check list form
Evident of the sun bliss onto your outer appearance
Your soul deeply engraved to endure
So hey lil blk girl!
You Beautiful blk woman reformed
You Are so but so much more
The depth of your skin texture has meaning Failed attempts of those who tried to fight for you not to learn
Your beauty that many envy
Your Understanding & Creativity
Don’t give into the negative energy
You Are Uniquely made with bejeweled purities
Blk is a label
You are the image of an enriching spirit throughout history
A purpose of your truth could never be replaced
The truth is unveiled
Now stamp these lands with your grace
With a held high
Walk through your journey of battles and strife
You are the queen to a game of worldly chess We will always win the fight
The ultimate priceless possession among the rest
Survivor of All test
Hey melanin queen, Beautiful blk woman indeed
Inform those sent to cripple your existence
Is repeatedly reaping from those continuous transgressions
Give into no satisfaction of getting even
Redirection of the universe factions with our ancestral heritage
Will definitely deaden it
Yes you melanin queen, Beautiful blk & unique
Yes you are ; so much more
The true meaning of positive spiritual energy Continue each day to accomplish and sway
As you give these lands it’s purpose to rotate
Yes ma’am blk girl, melanin queen that you are & more
You are destined, you are a purpose
You are the epitome of His creative art work

About this poem

To build the confidence in minority females of the black community. To often we are reminded of we are not to society rather than what we are! So I chose a poem I had written for my daughters and sharing among you all.

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Written on April 21, 2009

Submitted by CBOrphey22 on September 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Text too long
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 2,455
Words 461
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 59

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