Color-Full
Black is Beautiful
the illustrious title of a famous Nigerian Song
Over there, melanin is a badge of honor
Worn with pride and rays of striking smiles
It seems that the opposite is true here
there is constant news of
Black Degradation
It is a painful reminder
of the suffering that millions have faced
from the ebony skin glistening in the cotton fields
to the coffee hands taking care of the ivory babies
Their Black is a badge of triumph
They have paid for our freedom
And that freedom is to wear my Melanin
With pride
Black the tattoo of Knowledge