Invisible Black

Here one day, washed the next

assumed by some as society's pest

Your inherited hue

seems cursed by most

and you'd rather wear it like an invisible cloak

there but not…

seen but forgot…

…felt and fated

loved but hated…BLACK

as Punaluu sand

beautiful like Nefertiti

but self loathed and cold

like sold old clothes

dismissed of worth but willing to

Perth

...a new mold – if told

you were whole

Shamed and blamed

"Blacks need change," you proclaimed.

Never unified

or on our side

because you were

an invisible tide…

riding the waves

of justice, equality and opportunity

Easily swayed with," I'm not like them."

as if

your black was somehow "different."

You can't voice "INJUSTICE" in Jena 6

because in your world, they were suspicious

Your college education

wont alleviate hate

So your invisible cloak

is a joke to folk

who know…negro yo bills past due too.

Humph.

Black aint ghetto.

Black aint a stereotype.

Black is …black.

Beautiful, complex, solid and completely visible.