Brown Girl

I promise you
Don’t have to be
Anything but
True
Brown girl

They will never
Understand your hair
Do what you want with it

Your skin
Don’t have to be
A burden
Please believe
Brown girl

Keep a place
In your heart
For yourself
Your strength
Don’t have to be
Your definition
But a caveat
Brown girl

So many things
Are at your feet
Choose wisely
Brown girl