For The Women Of My Generation.

Melanated

You were kissed by the suns lips with the grace of a mothers hands
Perfectly etched into your skin is the essence of space itself
Iconic how your skin shines like stars sprinkled across your melanin tone.
Being so beautiful in this ugly world I know you must feel alone.
So I write these poems to complement your existence
Let these words of mine give you companionship
That on days when you feel out of place & mistaken by fools as too dark or ugly
Read these words and be reminded that God cried tears of joy that twinkle on your skin from when he made you
Perfect in his image
Yet to each other imperfect
What worth does a negative opinion hold?
How can cold exist in a woman so warm
With wisdom so wise
With eyes that muse poetic music in my mind
You physically embody my favorite sound
You're a gem that makes diamonds worthless
Whose love makes the purchase worth it
Trying to convey the magnitude of feelings that time on this world can't give
Oh what would I be without you Oshun?
A mortal man lost in his ways?
You free me from my confinement like the wings of angels
Unshackled love in praise of my blessing.
-Vonsensei