Jessica Nobubele Frame

I don’t care what skin you’re in
You’re my brother
And I love you
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African Mama as she struts down the catwalk
African mama with that multi-colored headdress
Vuluptuous woman
Independant woman
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How can we speak of justice?
Mercy
Righteousness
How do we proclaim it aloud?
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In the morning I wake
To the beautiful sound of choruses and melodies
I wake to the sound of the crisp breeze against my tender cheeks
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What makes you think you can talk to me like that
Violate my vulnerability
Mock me with your careless tongue and cold stares
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You mean so much to me
Your smile
Your openness and strength
It bring such joy to my heart
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I chose to hope again today
To believe in beauty,
In sunsets,
In the rain
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Abused
Feeling threatened
She hides away in the corners
Waiting
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This life
I dedicate this life to someone greater
To someone higher
Someone wider
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Monday sister left
Tuesday she didn't speak to me

Wednesday they killed foreigners
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I could write a poem about friendship
and it would be as sweet as cinamin
as warm as a fireplace
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South Africa I read about your pain in my History books
I’ve listened to countless stories of the struggle days
And was appalled at the way my “ancestors” treated people
How whites thought of themselves as better than blacks
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I’m sitting here
Sitting here in the clouds
Watching,
As the patch work,
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The African sun beats down upon her
It scorches her skin with unrelenting cruelty
That skin that once was as soft as innocence
Now tells tails of a life full of hardship
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Crazy about life
I walk this mile long road just to keep from breaking
High on existence
I sing until my lungs cry for freedom
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I see the Beauty of God in you because you are unique
You were made by the King
Every part of you was delicately designed by the Creator
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The harsh sunlight shines down on you now
It beats down on you in the scorching heat of mid day

You have nowhere to go
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