Submissions by empress_fari

I loved a boy once
A boy in the perfect guise of a man
A boy who began by visiting me after class
This boy would open doors for me
He'd make me laugh and giggle all day
He used to say I was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen
We'd sit all night and he'd look right into my eyes
As I talked about my fathers abuse and lies
He used to kiss my hands and hold my face close
He told me nobody would ever hurt me again
Little did I know
I fell in love with a boy
He'd pick me up and we'd go on mini road trips
We'd sit on the hood of his grandmas...

Ridiculed because I'm a woman
Ridiculed because I'm an African woman
Ridiculed because I chose to use the clays of Africa's muddy waters and only mine own hands to mould myself
I choose to carve myself from the ground up
So that I may know every curving flaw of my body
So that I may know the elements of my soul
So that I may know every twisting, interlocking brace of my crown
That I may know and hold true the virtues that my heart possesses
That I may choose the stars and galaxies that make up my mind
So that mine own fingers may place opals...