In leaving my legacy
I am a woman that shined
Through stolen stories
Through heartbreak and Judases trying to steal my glory...
Behind starry eyes I faced betrayal
I wondered was it my love for women that fueled men???
How does love is love tarnish you
Fading the colors of a rainbow to blue
In darkness that exhume you...
In the waves of the seven seas
I've been naive
Behind horizons that tried to make me bleed
Unparalleled faith undefined
As the sun, I still shined...
Between the thickness of my thighs
The plumpness of my swag
Against your beauty standards
Peppermint melts between my gap
With a crooked tooth
I shine in verses of my truth
I use to...wonder, as darkness haunted
What did I have to do to shine???
Hide my truth,
Twerking cheeks to grab attention
Put on a clown nose or recite the same scriptures,
spit fire with my lines
Falling into the abyss of their dimension...
Is my authenticity intimidating???
Was my leadership too eliminating???
My kindness too inviting
A woman standing alone
Dry from waterfall cries
In no regrets...I shined...
Was it my feisty ego that threaten you?
I can only be me
Each sacrifice I made a completion
Rewards dressed in rainbows
Alluding lavender storms after depletion...
You can shoot your fire of lies
Not support my hierarchy
Blind me with your deviled eyes
Block the glare of the sunrise
Still I will always shine...
Did my eroticism unsettle you?
A demisexual celibate lesbian
I'm withholding golden roses
Only the right woman's petals can entice sexual poses...
With all the darkness you framed
Discovery of faulty skeletal remains
I shined in
Their twisted truth to block fame
I shined...uncaged...
Turning the volume down of opinionated peers
I shined
Stepping away from the thoughts of fear
I shine,
Letting the sun be my energy
To continue to rise authentically...
With new love in my heart
Even when darkness confines
I will always shine...
By Shana A. ©️
