OUR YEARLY SPOKEN WORD SUBMISSION WINNER
” A word that’s been shamed and ridiculed from infancy to infinity, as if it’s even relatively close to the disgust you constantly amount it to; You say we’re too dark; Well, I’m sorry if my melanin is too much for you to handle;
I’m so sorry if my coco butter mocafied chocolate brown skin is hard for you to handle; I’m incredibly sorry that I’m not sorry that my skin glistening in the sun glowing way too much to even care about what you are saying is way too much for you to handle; You laugh and poke at my skin as if it’s not a beauty that’s been graced to me from Allah SWT; And even then, you stand here and tell me it’s not enough;
Well, my beautiful skin, a skin that’s akin to the color of the trees, To the color of the autumn leaves, and to the beauty of the sun shining on the sand of Bosaso beach just beckoning me to take a step and leave from this corrupt society.
A beauty that shines so bright and glows to such might that’s beyond your comprehension; A beauty that’s so great it doesn’t need any mentions from you; a beauty that doesn’t strive for your attention, but it has it anyway. You try to tell me that I’m too dark, But Little do you know my melanin is my anchor.
My melanin is the thing that keeps me going and always has me knowing that I’m enough because I say I’m enough. My brown sun-kissed skin is a beauty that goes even deeper than within; The meaning is far greater, and the haters are its motivators.”
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