Dear Black Girl...

Dear Black Girl
I’ve seen you so shy
As you walk past
With tears in your eye
From your love last
Wanting to say
I’m not like him
To treat you that way
I am less dim
I see the strength
In that beautiful form
I’d go to any length
To keep your heart warm
Your skin the hue
Of deep mahogany
Brings thoughts of you
How you could be loving me
Ebony and ivory, don’t you see
Ying and yang, we're meant to be
Dear Black Girl
Let me love thee
And pray that you love me.