Black man

Otniel Awaseb 1996 (Swakopmund)



Beauty loyalty and creative Knowledge
that's how my black skin shines brightest
amongst them all
As they tell us white lies hoping my race will fall

Im proud to as black as the night
Until we are all free my people will fight
We will never forget but honor the one 's that died
Bully me,shame me in a crowed were thousand watch
But my spirit will never break even through they tried
 
Call me blackface during the day like the moon
But at night my black skin shines brighter than all the stars.

About this poem

Self Confidence and being proud about your ethnicity.

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Written on May 22, 2023

Submitted by otniel_y on May 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAA BBCXC XX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 499
Words 101
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 2

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