Black Poem by Didintle Ntwaagae

Black is beauty
Black is wise
Black is patient
Black is kind
Black is love
Black is me
I am black

Black defines a lot
My world, my nature
Has the colour black
They tease, they sneeze
They say am black

In class I sit
They laugh behind my back
They gossip, they shout
They say am black
When am around they say it's dark
Simply because she is here and black


At my window I peep it's dark
I remembered the song they sang in class
I moved my head and said am black
I realised it's bright beacause its black
I see the stars up in the sky
I looked around I saw the bright dark
Black is life
Black is nature
Yes I am black

_Didintle ntwaagae