BLACK WOMEN RISE

Black women rise. Poetry to me. Gives us a chance to be free It's in the chains that binds. Connect the lines that would divide us Provides us with closure for open wounds and unseen bruises Stops us from wanting to bring out the nooses We can't express ourselves creatively. Without ridicule or judgement Black women rise. All we do is poetry. No, not solely. We like to bust it Freestyle. Wrap our emotions away with a smile. Shining bright like a lavigne style Black women rise. For our hearts and minds it's a cleanse Something we can pass on to friends. To look at us through a new lens Journeys on paper, it's a traveler's quest. To free the mind, to crucify the flesh We know it helps us to heal. We learn how to let emotions deal And eventually begin again to feel. Black women rise Everything in me is confirmed. Everything in me is affirmed As I have accepted life on life's terms. Precious is the life I've stolen I'm taking it, turning it golden. The lives in my hands I'm holding R precious so I can't be mistaken. Won't let life leave me shaken My eyes have been awakened. Black women rise No more rules will I be breaking. This world is so full of fake It's easy to get mind raped. Don't let the enemy continuously take Sit down and give yourself a break. Black women rise Black women rise Black women rise