ArianaJazzelle

Brown Skin

With my brown skin and tight curls

I\'m cursed in the world, that I was placed in

Trapped in today, and fearing tomorrow

In love with the pain, but sorrow is a big pill to swallow

And still, those who have sinned cast stones upon me

They’re disobedient

I\'m disobedient

Because although I hear, I cant see

I\'ve been blinded

By the stereotypical things

That was placed on me, even before I was born

But somehow this world was able to enslave me

With my brown skin

Look, daddy, yes

Look at me

Another statistic

It started when you left me

And I don’t know how to love

But here I am with 2 babies

By 2 different men

That will never love me

I am not worthy

How can I know my worth

When every good thing

Jumps right over me

Like a rusted penny heads down

Awaiting anyone’s company

I hate being alone, but I love the silence

Much like the feel of him caressing my pretty brown skin

Brown skin that reveals every dream

Shot down with scars

Its hunting session

And tonight being served are my goals

Alongside ambitions with my happiness as garnish

To those who can\'t seem to accept me for me

But tell it like it is at every gathering

Now the dinner table becomes the courtroom

And I\'m convicted

Because of the conflictions

Between my mind and soul

But as I go with feet planted

Like tree roots feeding off my pain

As the wind blows I lose my grip

Fall to my knees

And beg to the Lord

To heal my brown skin