What If I Am a Black Women

~WHAT IF I AM A BLACK WOMAN~

What if I am a Black Woman?

Is it a disease?

Well, if it is, I sure hope it's catching

Because they need to pour it into a bottle, label it, and sprinkle it all over the people

Men and Women - whoever loved or cried, worked or died for any one of us.

So what if I am a Black Woman

Is it a crime?

Arrest me!

Because I'm strong, but gentle...

I'm smart, but I'm learning...

I'm loving, but I'm hateful...

And I like to work because I like to eat and feed and clothe and house me, mine, and yours and everybody's

Like I've been doing for the past 300 years.

What if I am a Black Woman?

Is it insane?

Commit me!

Because I want happiness, not tears;

Truths, not lies; Pleasures not pain; Sunshine, not rain; A man, not a child!

What if I am a Black Woman?

Is it a sin? Pray for me! And pray for you too,

If you don't like women of color because we are... Midnight Black, Chestnut Brown, Honey Bronzed, Chocolate Covered, Cocoa Dipped, Big Lipped, Big Hipped, Big Breasted, and