I
Daughter of a
Black
Man and a
White
Woman
AM
I a colour you
Understand
Do I fit your
Criteria
Brown sample swatch
A
History of
Resilience
Runs through my
Veins
Cries for justice
BLACK
Is my skin my
Heritage
My beaten
Brow
And thickened skin
WOMAN
Of colour
Threatened
By both violence and
Complacency
Can you help me
AND
I have a
Voice
But ours is
Louder
When we bleed as one
I
Am not better
Injustice
Affects us all
So
Please don’t shoot me
WILL
You recognize my
Pain
My skin colour should not
Stop
Me from breathing
PERSIST
Rather than perpetuate
Defend
Rather than deny
Together
We demand change
BLACK LIVES MATTER
