Candace Nicholas-Lippman - DEAR BLACK GIRL

Growing up
As a kid
I hated
My dark skin

And if I can be transparent
Even now
As a grown woman
I have to constantly
Reprogram
My thinking
Years of being told
I was not the standard
For beauty
But see
That was a lie

Which is why
I chose
To rewrite
My own narrative
Dear Black Girl

We are warriors
Whose spirits
Can't be crushed
We speak up
When told
We're "too much"
We forgive
When our Black men
Dismiss
Degrade
And can't see
That we are not
The ugly ducklings
But

The Swan Princess
The Nubian Goddess
The reflection of our ancestors
The made in His Image
When Society
Tries to pin
Light vs dark skin
We remind them
That every shade
Of chocolate
Is divinely crafted
Black Girl Magic
Is more than
A hashtag

It is a movement
A statement
Like Maxine Waters
Reclaiming
Our power
Moving
Through this world
Unapologetically
Degree holding
With our heads held high
Melanin moisturized
Big hips
Thick thighs
Hair free
And natural
Or wrapped
In a protective style
Dear Black Girl
You
Betta recognize
We
Are the trailblazers
Everybody
Wants to be us

So to all my sistas
As we continue
The process
Of loving our skin
Start with this

Look yourself
In the mirror

This. Is. Me
The chocolate beauty
Deserving
And sayin
I am Queen
Dear Black girl
Know
That you
You
Are everything

Written by:
Candace Lippman

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