my Your energy ruggedComplexion onyxDefying stereotypeYour beauty iconic I have a white fatherI thought my full lips were uglyI thought my nose too wideInternalizing painful bigotry Black men bear a crossRejected or fetishizedTreated as exoticCastigated or criminalized I strive to break my patternTo overcome conditioningRejecting stigmaExpanding my boundaries Black god […]
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