my struggle is:
explaining my hair texture,
why it coils into its thick haven of protection.
no man.
you can’t touch it,
this is mine.
my struggle is:
the darkness of my skin.
it carries the traits of masculinity in the eyes of my own men.
how,
fragility and access to emotion cannot be of access to me.
i am what they call
a strong
darkskin
blk womxn.
my struggle is:
my blackness.
it cannot be associated with mental illness,
for being black and depressed is expensive.
being black, African and depressed is
satanic.
my struggle is:
my vagina.
it lays between
the thickness of my thighs.
below
the flatness of my belly.
aligned with,
the pinch of my waist
and opposite the robustness of my rear end.
i am objectified beyond the intellect of my mind.
men become predators.
women disapprove.
my struggle is a metaphysical dilemma that is encrypted in Maya Angelou’s phenomenal womxn,
the raping of a Oprah’a childhood,
the alcoholism of my grandma,
the absence of a father.
my struggle is not documented in the history books.
my struggle goes to bed with me every night.
to be black, African and depressed // zintle ramano
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