This Is My Body
There are two mirrors in my home
And too many days go by in a row
When I avoid them both
I am my own worst trigger
I am my very best cheerleader
Loving myself is acknowledging
There are times
I am not loving myself
There are times I stand in the glory
Of the kindness of my heart
The well of my art
Steady of my dedication
To justice and freedom for all
The curve and soft of my frame
Reach of my fingers
And there are times I long for winter
To hide my body
Under colorful clothes
I wear layers to cover
The poke of my stomach
The dead of my fish
Spread of my thighs
Pollution in my air
Fluffy of my face
My hips
The starvation of my children
The discard of my elders
I'm Black and I'm proud
I'm Black and I'm proud
My country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
I shout my mantras
And cover myself
With all this fabric
Under all this smog
With all these propositions
Blinged in all these
Stripes and stars
In hopes that you will be fooled
By my fancy politics
Into loving me too
This is my body
Take
Eat
This is my body
This is my mind to make up
My vote to cast
My right to choose
Don't stand in my way
With your magic wand words
To guilt me out of my grief
My doubt
This is my body
Hung
Stolen
Burned
Sold
My body that I have worked into frenzy
Fire
Spin
Worry
Over what you think
They keep taking my children
Killing my babies
My Trayvon
My Marco
My Latasha
My Hadiya
Kimani Gray
Sixteen years old
Flatbush
Shot down by police
This is my body
I love my arms
And deport my Mexicans
Paint my toes
And cut off my homosexuals
I dye my hair
And rape my women
I work out my abs
And imprison my men
This is my body
This bread
This red
Do this in remembrance of me
And too many days go by in a row
When I avoid them both
I am my own worst trigger
I am my very best cheerleader
Loving myself is acknowledging
There are times
I am not loving myself
There are times I stand in the glory
Of the kindness of my heart
The well of my art
Steady of my dedication
To justice and freedom for all
The curve and soft of my frame
Reach of my fingers
And there are times I long for winter
To hide my body
Under colorful clothes
I wear layers to cover
The poke of my stomach
The dead of my fish
Spread of my thighs
Pollution in my air
Fluffy of my face
My hips
The starvation of my children
The discard of my elders
I'm Black and I'm proud
I'm Black and I'm proud
My country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
I shout my mantras
And cover myself
With all this fabric
Under all this smog
With all these propositions
Blinged in all these
Stripes and stars
In hopes that you will be fooled
By my fancy politics
Into loving me too
This is my body
Take
Eat
This is my body
This is my mind to make up
My vote to cast
My right to choose
Don't stand in my way
With your magic wand words
To guilt me out of my grief
My doubt
This is my body
Hung
Stolen
Burned
Sold
My body that I have worked into frenzy
Fire
Spin
Worry
Over what you think
They keep taking my children
Killing my babies
My Trayvon
My Marco
My Latasha
My Hadiya
Kimani Gray
Sixteen years old
Flatbush
Shot down by police
This is my body
I love my arms
And deport my Mexicans
Paint my toes
And cut off my homosexuals
I dye my hair
And rape my women
I work out my abs
And imprison my men
This is my body
This bread
This red
Do this in remembrance of me
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Writer(s): Robin Reed
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