Too Dark Poem by Lore Me34

When I was growing up I used to be ashamed of my complexion.
I used to think I was too dark.

My brother was so light he could nearly pass as white. My sister was that cream in the coffee color just like my mother and my father but me I was the midnight child too dark.

Kids used to call me spook and gorilla because of my dark skin. They would say if the lights go out the only way I could be found was to grin. I was too dark.

Too dark is what I thought until I heard James Brown scream “say it loud I’m black and I’m proud.” I also saw the ladies start to smile at me and claim “the darker the berry the sweeter the juice.”

I ‘m now proud of my complexion and no more do I think I’m too dark.