Unafraid

Assimilation's Retribution

Theft of Soul

Minstrel show institution

Confusing

 W.E.B. DuBois - Double Consciousness 

With The Talented Tenth's

Restitution 

Nonconformity 

Labels 

Me:

Academically Insane 

Depraved 

Surrounded 

By a slew of

Aunt Jemima's & Uncle Ben's

Shuffling 

The pages of their text books

Hoping Massa' Professor

Awards them with an

Ancestral Disgrace

 In the midst of matriculated students

Unveils 

A pestilence that

Pervades

Corrupt

Warranting my

Unarticulated 

Eruption 

Eyes start bulging 

Outwardly battling the perpetuated 

Stereotypical  

 Black woman

Purposely focusing on defiance 

Turning a blind eye

 At my thrash against

The rope of compliance

Tightening around my neck

Fighting to stay alive

In the halls of

The walking dead 

I know

It isn't meant for me 

To rest

A mind asleep 

Subjects itself 

To the cousin of death

 Continuously 

I 

stride 

Walking through

Societal 

Commonalities

Uplifting 

The 

Misguided 

Spiritually reviving 

Breathing life inside

 Mentally deprived corpses 

Who are  Psychologically and Emotionally tired 

The light of spirit entrusts 

Intuitions 

Compass

Unquestionable guidance

Discern 

The Unknown 

Of darkness....

 Unafraid 

Blood of a Slave

Heart of a Queen

© LaToya S. C.

As James Baldwin Said:

You can only be destroyed

By believing that you really are

What the white world considers a

NIGGER....

*Let It Marinate*

A State Of Mind

Leads To

A State Of

Existence 

P.ositive E.nergy A.ctivates C.onstant E.levation