Black is silent



THE SILENCE OF BLACK


BLACK IS SILENT,
SILENT TO ITS POSSIBILITIES,
AND SILENT TO ITS CAPABILITIES,
SILENT TO ITS INSECURITY AND
SILENT TO ITS LIFESTYLE,

BLACK IS STACK OF EXCELLENCE,
STACK OF EXCELLENCE THAT EVERYONE FEARS,NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BUT ALSO SPIRITUALLY AND MENTALLY,
BLACK IS A WAY OF SAYING I AGREE,
I AGREE TO THE BEAUTY OF EXCELLENCE AND TO THE BEAUTY OF SILENCE,
WHEN WE TALK BLACK ,WE TALK EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY,
INTEGRITY THAT GOES ALONG WITH TRUST AND SILENCE,

BLACK IS TOO SILENT,
BLACK DOESN'T SCREAM,
BUT BLACK SHOUTS,IT SHOUTS
WORDS THAT CAN'T BE HEARD AND
WORDS THAT CAN'T BE REPEATED BY A HUMAN,

WORDS THAT OUR ANCESTORS SPOKE,
WORDS THAT CAN UNCOVER HISTORY,
BLACK ONLY HOLDS THE HISTORY OF LIFE,
HISTORY THAT NO ONE EVER WANTS TO TALK ABOUT AND CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT,
BLACK IS KING,BLACK IS POWER,

BLACK IS POWER TO THE WHOLE OF AFRICA,
BLACK IS POWER TO MINDSET,
AND BLACK CAN REWRITE HISTORY,
MANY SAY BLACK IS EVIL?
LITTLE DO YOU KNOW THAT BLACK
IS POWER TO THE CHANGEABLE,

BLACK IS WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE
AND BLACK  IS WHAT MAKES US SHINE.

                                   SO
                             LET'S SAY
                " BLACK IS SILENCE '

About this poem

It's a poem about how the colour of black has been identified as a very loud and aggressive. It's time to change the perspective of people about black and make it a good perspective to go for. It's time we give the colour on full with its possibilities and good characteristics.

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Written on September 11, 2023

Submitted by sello.m.mametja on September 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A BCCDX EFFEFE BXXDX XFXXX XXFGAG XX XXE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,211
Words 238
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 2, 3

Morgan Sello Mametja

Sello is a 17 years old gay man. Who was born on the 16th of December 2006. I was raised by a single mother all these years without help from anyone else. I started writing poems at the age of 12 and I have always been passionate about writing. I take writing as a way of putting my feelings out there and it's therapeutic. I'm still in school doing grade 11 and I have a little sister. more…

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