“Dear Brown Girl”

You are enough.

You are beautiful.

You are as sweet as honey.

You are the light in the room when there is darkness.

You have beautiful juicy curls.

You have golden brown skin that radiates in the sun.

You have a powerful and mighty roar when they try to shut you up.

You are not meant to be contained.

You are not meant to be silenced.

You are not meant to belong to someone other than yourself.

No one can hold you back.

No one can tell you to shut up and act like a “lady”.

No one can tell you that you don’t belong.

Your shine is too much for most people.

Your passion threatens people.

Your success scares people.

You’ve been told that you’re too angry.

You’ve been told that you’re inappropriate.

You’ve been told that you’ll never be enough.

Little do they know…

You’ve always been quick on your feet.

You’ve always known people would try to take everything from you.

You’ve always known how to defeat any giants you battle.

Brown girl, being the one that everyone is against has made you

the smartest, the strongest, and the scariest person in the room.

When they see you they tremble.

You are powerful and can do anything.

• poem
• savannah