Timeless Beauty
When I was younger
I used to beg my mom
To straighten my hair
To make it look "beautiful"
The images of perfection
Embedded in my brain
From the Barbie Dolls I used to buy
From the TV shows I used to watch
"Slim Straight" was labeled as the "in"
From the friends I used to have
My mom sat me down and told me
"Child do not be so easily led to your chains"
The seasons of adolescence
I grew and as I changed the world changed too
Images of melanin plastered all over the billboards
Thick thighs and round behinds
Became the images of "style"
People forgot why Rosa sat on the bus
Why Davis held her fist high
Why the female Moses led her flock from a modern Egypt
Essence of the black woman was
forgotten and handed to
The Chains of Objectivity
Young girls stopped admiring the strength of their African mothers but looked instead to the lower expectations of Hollywood hills
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