The Power Of A Black Woman. Poem by Antoine B. Tounkara

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥

𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆
𝑰 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.

𝑴𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑, 𝒊'𝒎 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍.
𝑴𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏.

𝑰 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆
𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓.

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚.

𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒔
𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

𝑨 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓.

𝑨 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈,

𝑨 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝑻𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅.

𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓,
𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆,
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕

𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆
𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆,

.𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓.

𝑨 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂.

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