"...for a black girl."
See how you throw those words
Carelessly like salt
Thinking that was
The way to her heart
You assume she must be beaming with pride
That she is somehow not like the others
Who have unknowingly always met your expectations
An anomaly, but not wrong
The ones before bear that cross
"...for a black girl."
You believe it's praise when you tell her
That her beauty and aura, her intellect and wit
Come as a surprise for someone who wears her skin
As if the pigmentation that sits in her epidermis
Prevents her from having any of those things
"...for a black girl."
She should rejoice that
Her brown hue, the scheming shade
Failed to hide
Something you perhaps saw in her eyes
"...for a black girl."
Black girl, with skin of dark light
See how it shines even at night
Stars were pulled from above
To make what you wear
Sewn with the threads of the universe
You are celestial, were you not aware?
Black girl, your beauty can neither be bought nor sold
You must know it is found in the centre of your soul
Your mind, a cave of wonder
See how the jewels inside catch the light
When you ponder
Black girl, let no ill words stop your stride,
Look back and you will see
The trail you left has attracted honeybees
Black girl, the skin on you was never a curse
Black girl, you are sun kissed,
Heaven blessed