You don’t love me because I’m perfect
Never making mistakes
Never acting out of character
You love me because I’m real
A Black Woman who makes her own rules
Often angry
And even more often afraid
So you show your love by understanding
And not giving up on me
You still find me beautiful in ugly moments
Moments colored in red, black, and blue
Pick up your sword and swing Black Man
Help me slay these demons
Let me break these chains
Of self-sabotage and feeling unworthy
Stay...please...
Don’t leave me when it’ gets cold
To go play in the fluffy white snow
Just wait for the warmer days
And know that my light shines each day
And my love will always leave you covered
Like a sweater made from the sun’s rays
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