Obama Skirt Poem #3

2 b blak is 2b ignored

2 b talked about,
in front of your face
so cold, you wish you wasn’t there

2 b blak is
2 b a mirror
reflecting other people’s dirty laundry

2 b blak is to resist
so long
that you forget what you are resisting against…

2 b blak is to live
long enough
to let your guard down
just to have the world
come come crashing in on you
and slowly have to build
those same walls up again