Saturday, October 21, 2017

Slave Descendants


Come on.
Take a chance.
Take off that mask.
(It ain’t doin’ you no justice no way.)
Present yourself to me.
I will be the mirror that shows you how worthwhile and beautiful you are.
Show yourself.
I see the parts you’re hiding – we don’t have to talk about that yet.
You’ll soon find out that there’s no need to hide.
I see the parts you show off.
You’ll find out too that they’re not as impressive as what you take for granted –
Those parts that are so much a natural part of you that you don’t even see or acknowledge them.
Or worse, somebody or bodies have convinced you that those plusses are minuses.
(Those assets are deficits?)
You look in a mirror and see coal where I see diamond.
Please. 

Let me show you.

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