My Natural Nature

Natural.
Defined as:
being…
REAL.

Melanin enhanced
dna
(The chemical
of life)
needs no man-made
relaxed relaxer
to relax what
can never be
tamed.
This mane
is an extension
of
me
extending myself
to the past/present/future.
Extending my connection
to that
which has
created creation.
My extensions are
real!
Each strand is
an Ancestor.
Each strand
tells a story,
a love lost,
a baby born,
a dream deferred…

When true love
comes true
and
unconditional love
asks for
nothing,
how can I
hurt
me,
damage me,
change my natural
state?
Fry me,
dye me,
flip it to the side and
lye me?
In doing so,
love of self
is lost.
Lost to a
culture of
mind
colonization
and
spirit
assimilation.
Lost to a standard of
beauty
that was never
meant to include
NATURAL!!

Only meant
to include
what
they have
created
to be.

That which never
included
ME.

Dirty Words

Kids say the damnedest things…
Like the time
one of my babies said
“shit”
at the dinner table
or
the time
my baby girl said
“booty”
in front of my mother.
Where do they get this stuff from?
I try to watch
what they
watch
and listen to
what they
listen to,
and we are all
careful
of what WE say…
but still
they come up with some doozies…

Yesterday took the cake.
My four year old
stopped me dead
in my tracks.
She said something that I will
never
forget.
And she smiled
and said it over
and
over
again.
My heart stopped
my breathing got shallow.
She smiled
like she was PROUD
of herself.
I think
that’s what hurt
most of all.
She smiled like she was
PROUD.
I grabbed her
and all I could do
was just
hold her
tight
against me.
A tear ran down my face
as she kept reciting
like some insane mantra,

“I pledge allegiance to the flag…”


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