Trying to spill my emotions on paper like tears spill on my soul Tears stain all my papers. My heart is paper thin. Why did I let you in? My concious is sleeping so please do not wake her. I know I can't flow But, please, for a change, will you go with my flow? I know you heard yes, but could have meant NO. I don't know... I dont know... I don't know where to go: I'm L O S T In a galaxy or misconceptions, contradictions all in my m

“Team light skinned. No, team dark skinned, we don’t like them redbones!” Or, maybe the fact that men approach us colored girls with statements like, “you’ve got to be mixed, you’re so beautiful,” Or say, “I like you; you’re not like most black girls,” thinking they are giving complements when, in actuality, they are illustrating that racism is not only a two party system but also lingers within a single people.See, I was raised in a very conscious black household where I was