Submissions by KittyRobinson

Skin Deep
By: Darneshia Coachman


I'm not use to feeling this way,
Until I saw this girl today.

Her skin reminded me of the sun in the sky,
I look down at mine; so dead and so dry.

My faded brown skin could never compete,
Against her shiny surface and little white feet.

I am not proud of the way that I look,
I feel really ugly in this month's yearbook.

Shame, shame is all I can think,
I write "I'm so ugly" on my arm in black ink.

My mind is so shook with things that aren't true,
I'm trying my very...

I like this boy who's in all my classes,

I'm not the girl who he always harasses.




It was love at first sight when I came to this school,

he has a new girlfriend who thinks she so cool.




I like him a lot, Its him that I miss,

Tears sting my eyes when I see them hug and kiss.




He whipped me with a towel and he touched me on my side,

he needs a real woman who will take him for a ride.




When he enters a room he brightens my day,

Its hard...