more than just words

this is for those who inspire me for coloured girls showcased by tyler perry singing birds like maya angelou for every feature of me i see in you for the strength to plough along for the plantations that made us strong for the endurance pulsing through our veins for the hope overshadowing our pains for the unity in a separated nation for the courage of a pigmentation for the fight to bring about change for not accepting the stigma of being strange for those who rise before the sun for the efforts of a single mum for the parents witnessing authorities kill their sons but still have the courage to carry on for the first black president of the united states for the moonlight they tried to negate for the princess rejected by the world for the 4C hair perfectly coiled this is for everyone that looks like me for everyone fighting to be free for those working to be seen for those making history 

where i am from theres no area just ends locals spend a tenner on a mercedes benz the home of the best with the paper and the pens only the family we dont do friends where i am from the ends justify the means as long as you work hard your hustle doesn’t make you a fiend criminal or saint we show each other respect equality resides here at its very best but where i am from you dont always feel safe gardens on the streets of a life we couldn’t save hashtags on twitter trying to restore faith never ending cycle in this violence that we bathe where i am from  its an eye for an eye the whole area is blind and nobody minds no vision so we perish day by day no motivation to find another way and thats what they say about where i am from a minority of hate representing the whole  slum talent beyond belief completely suppressed leave the ends behind or you will never be the best so where i am from we all want to leave but when we leave we a

love is beyond an instant attraction between two colliding stars love proves the ray of our shine is only evident  due to the interdependence of another soul on ours the harmony of tranquillity and positive energy consuming your being reassembling your existence and placing pieces correctly straightening out what was born leaning love cannot be assigned to forces engulfed in sole gratification love is the belonging of those who may not realise  but are the reason it has meaning

strap your heart into a harness isolate it in a tower guarded by a dragon impossible to obtain a short lived romance  blossomed amongst flowers seasonal love impossible to sustain a heart is bleeding no plaster for healing sanity dissolving impossible to maintain scar remains forever wishing for more time together envenomed serpent bite replaced sunshine with rain