I’m Black
B- Beautiful
L- A Leader
A- Awesome
C- Courageous
K- Kind
Yet somehow now
The color has become blind
Our color has struck
A nerve
The ball has been thrown
Yet we get the curve
We get the killings
We get the violence
And now they want to shush us
Let us remain silent
Don’t say a thing
What happen to letting freedom ring
Was that just a phrase
Why are we getting lashed at these days
Why are we losing
So many people
It’s not making sense
And all you hear people yelling is self defense
How many streets will we see covered
With people dying
While trying
To survive
You ask a child what they want to be in the future
And they just say alive
That hurts me deep down
Because children are supposed to be having fun
Instead they worrying about will I get shot down with a gun
My heart goes out to everyone with a son
Keep them covered
Keep them sane
Keep them grounded in Jesus name
Lord what has the world come to
Is this the new norm
Why has everyone began to harm
They couldn’t wouldn’t represent you
Because you are loving and forgiving
Look oh lord the land of the living
Is hurting they are upset
Please protect them from doing something they will regret
Reach out and touch somebody hand
Make this world a better place if you can
Was a chorus from a song
That we need in our souls
Speak to them Lord let them know you are still in control
My black is beautiful
It’s healed of hurt
Healed of pain
Healed of forgiveness
Healed of regret
Healed of a heart
That has been attacked
Healed of worrying how others will react
Healed of rebuilding
Your mind , spirit,
It’s time to let go of the color blind
Have each other back
Pick them up where they slack
Let them know it’s ok embrace being black
Mother’s pat your self on the back
Raising so many great men and women
To be all they can , even if others think different instill in them they are amazing
Celebrate what you created
To the boys and men
Give them hugs let them know they are awesome and are the best
Let them know they are a testimony from a test
Embrace them , face them
No matter what let them know to never give up
Even tho it seems as if the world tells
Please don’t allow them to fail
Plant in them greatness
Let them excel
Don’t get me wrong I love all races
And stand behind them to
But it’s something
About my skin
That is too beautiful
To Amazing
And I am not ashamed
I am wearing it for you and me
In hopes of one day
Us as blacks can become free
A moment of silence
For those we lost to violence
Ahmaud Arbery
George Floyd
Trayvon Martin
Eric Gardner
Micheal Brown
And so many more
Your names will always be remembered
Cherished and never forgotten
That you lost your life to a world that’s rotten
But we are here
One thing we wouldn’t change
Is your names
Or ours
We are important
Our names hold power
And I’m speaking facts
I love my self
I love I’m Black
Written by Concetta Hardnett
06/03/2020
