beauty

does my beauty lie in my round brown eyes?

or does it hide in between these thighs

that most guys,

seem to come around trying to get high off of

is my beauty defined by the define line of my hips,

my breast or maybe, could it be, these lips?

is it from the pep in my step

the stride in my walk

the delicateness when i talk

the clothes i choose to wear that make eyes turn to stare

want to  touch but wouldnt dare?

what is it?

where does my beauty lie?

is it through my mind, is it my intelligence, my ability to distinguish the difference that my beauty

is not defined by what the TV says is true beauty?

the media has taken the image of a goddess and an African queen

and defined it as  nothing but booty shaking,bitches, hoes and sex feens.

but what is sad is that so much females think that is beautiful.

That to show everyone where beauty lies

you must show where your panty lies

put pathetic smiles

because for the first time

someone noticed that you had something that they could get up in.

fooloshness ...

my beauty does not lie in these minnie skirts and tight shirts that has to  be squeezed on to show that i was born with what you call true beauty

my beauty does not lie up in these bed sheets that confine me to being a slave for a mans entertainment

with my concent

Beauty products advertise me

because even they see

that

my beauty does not lie in MAC MAKEUP, long ass weave, lipsticks, and jewelery.

call me concieted but they dont make me preety.

My Beauty makes what you see.

because my beauty lies within my confidence

it lies in my strength

my beauty lies deep in my roots

from  the history of my ancestors that did all it took

for us to have these music videos on MTV

but yet we casted our African facts and said that a beautiful queen is not of one who tooks risk for humanity

but one who lays on her back and shakes it fast up on  BET.

my beauty doesnt lie in these perms and straightening irons

but from the deep thick roots of my hair, call it nappy and hard to manage

but i call it the reminder that my beauty comes from my family

the ones you hear about in history

even if its not always today's lesson in class,

even if we were casted and put last

even if we learned of others

rather than the chesnut brown skins

that taught me that my beauty

does not rely in

anything or anyone but me




































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