MY BROWN SKIN I'M IN

MY BROWN SKIN

I am so in love with my

BROWN SKIN

For sure!...

I wish I could be BROWNER

Even BLACKER!

Silky like the midnight sky

Causing stars to shimmer

I am so in love with my

BROWN SKIN

And I run out to the sun

So that I can get BROWNER

Like the sugar I put into my tea

Like the molasses that sweetens more than anything

When I was a girl

My beauty was underappreciated

Now, he can't take his eyes

off of his MOHAGANY prize

I love my EBONY features

That rhyme with my BROWN skin

And I don’t knock those who are lighter

It’s just that I am so satisfied

With the BROWN skin I’M IN!

by Nadira Norjahan