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Her Melanin, Her Skin
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Passionate, sensitive and affectionate, Her Melanin, Her Skin is a poetry collection of touching and tender emotional power. Its story covers the joyous and sometimes heartbreaking relationship of two young lovers and their fiery romance, but it also targets social issues such as racial segregation and domestic violence.
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CHAPTER I
WE
Me,
We,
The only way
We can
Be.
CHAPTER II
VISIBLE
A seagull in the sky,
A grey dog in the corner of the street,
A little boy on his bicycle,
A pigeon on the edge of my balcony,
A Cuban cigar,
With its dark brown style
And its blue smoke,
Visible.
A broken heart,
Not visible.
Me, myself, and I,
Visible.
CHAPTER III
MIRACLE
She told me not to tell you,
I told her that I will.
She tore my heart to pieces,
It’s a miracle standing still.
She was mine and I was hers,
No boundaries between us.
We laughed, we talked, we smiled.
I remember it as it was.
A wave came crashing down,
It destroyed everything.
She told me not to tell you
The lonely nights that I sing.
CHAPTER IV
SET YOU FREE
“It is not you love, it’s just me.”
“Stop this lie! Stop this!”
“I promise, it is just me.”
“The truth will set you free.”
“I’m sorry I have to pack!”
“Sorry won’t heal anything.”
“What would you want me to do?”
“Can you give me my time back?”
“That, my dear, I can’t do.”
“You lied tome you called me boo.”
“I’m sorry but I’m leaving now!”
“One day you will miss me, too.”
CHAPTER V
TEARS
She left the keys and ran outside.
She took the cab without good-bye.
That
Damned
Yellow
Cab.
Why
Didn’t
She
Look
Back?
Tears
Ran.
My room,
Larger than ever.
“God,
Help me to pick up the pieces
Of my shattered
heart.”
The space of emptiness,
Is vast.
Loneliness
Lasts.
Tears
Stopped.
I found a letter on my bed.
It was hers.
I wish,
It wasn’t.
I read it aloud,
My sound
Echoed.
“I’m sorry that I left you,
So sorry that I hurt you!
You helped me
To survive my darkest times,
You had the finest heart.
You wiped my tears
When I cried,
And I never asked
Why!
I’m sorry but I’m not yours,
You healed my heart
And I hurt yours.
But the thing is
Tha...
Table of contents
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Table of Contents
- Chapter I: We
- Chapter II: Visible
- Chapter III: Miracle
- Chapter IV: Set You Free
- Chapter V: Tears
- Chapter VI: Soul
- Chapter VII: Whole
- Chapter VIII: Wink
- Chapter IX: Next Station
- Chapter X: Her
- Chapter XI: First Sight
- Chapter XII: A Soft Kiss
- Chapter XIII: Her Lips
- Chapter XIV: Her Melanin, Her Skin
- Chapter XV: Mount Zion
- Chapter XVI: A Touch of Poetry
- Chapter XVII: Input
- Chapter XVIII: A Gun, No magazine.
- Chapter XIX: Look Past the Past
- Chapter XX: I Hate Good-byes
- Chapter XXI: King Jr.
- Chapter XXII: Sushi
- Chapter XXIII: Her Afro Hair
- Chapter XXIV: Candle
- Chapter XXV: The Meaning of Life
- Chapter XXVI: Seconds
- Chapter XXVII: HIM
- Chapter XXVIII: Raised by a Woman
- Chapter XXIX: Silence
- Chapter XXX: Proud. Strong.
- Chapter XXXI: Bare Soul
- Chapter XXXII: Lunch
- Chapter XXXIII: Ice Cream
- Chapter XXXIV: Sandcastle
- Chapter XXXV: Paris
- Chapter XXXVI: Our Hearts
- Chapter XXXVII: Couple Goals
- Chapter XXXVIII: Our First Silly Little Fight
- Chapter XXXIX: A Daughter
- Chapter XL: A Son
- Chapter XLI: A Great Father
- Chapter XLL: Grew In Love
- Chapter XLIII: No Regrets
- Chapter XLIV: My Home
- Chapter XLV: Streets of New York
- Chapter XLVI: Marry You
- Chapter XLVII: You
- Chapter XLVIII: Seasons
- Chapter XLIX: My Everything
- Chapter L: Yellow Cab
- Chapter LI: Good-bye
- Chapter LII: A Damn Lie
- Chapter LIII: All I Had
- Chapter LIV: Scar
- Chapter LV: This World
- Chapter LVI: Purpose
- Chapter LVII: A Poet Without a Poem
- Chapter LVIII: None
- Chapter LIX: Your Melanin, Your Skin
- Afterword
- Copyright