↳ "WE GAVE YOU LIFE" 

       i'm sorry little black girl. sorry that i didn't 
       appreciate you and all the wonderful dark 
       mysteries you kept locked behind your lips. 

↳ "WE GAVE YOU BIRTH" 

       i'm sorry your intricate locks weren't enough 
       for my greedy soul. that your curls didn't even 
       begin to entangle me in their loving embrace. 

↳ "WE GAVE YOU GOD" 

       i'm sorry that the way your hips swayed in the 
       summers breeze to the sound of R&B in the 
       morning intimidated me to the core of my being 

↳ "WE GAVE YOU EARTH" 

       i'm so very sorry that the shake of your thighs 
       and the thunderous rumble of your laugh sat 
       so heavily on my psyche, weighing me down. 

↳ "WE FEM THE FUTURE" 

       i'm sorry that in the face of your beautiful, black
      glory i extracted enmity. i'm sorry that i cared for 
       and nurtured the transparent seed of self hate. 

↳ "DON'T MAKE IT WORSE"

       because you see, it wasn't you i hated so deeply 
       it was the feeling of power that i could not quite 
       harness. i was afraid that i wasn't good enough. 

↳ "YOU WANT THE WORLD?" 

       but in my hours of souls searching I've learned 
       that you were made with my strengths in mind.
       and everything you are, is within me forever. 

                        
                        "WELL WHAT'S IT WORTH?"