Divinely Deserving

Caught in a constant state of “it could be worse”

But I know I deserve so much better

People will make you feel crazy

Cuz you dare not to settle like them

So disillusioned in their own decisions

They had forgotten what it felt like to dream

They had gotten so good at convincing themselves that was all that is to life

So they stomped on my hopes

Made it as if I was the delusional one for thinking this just wasn’t enough

But they can’t stop me

I will dare to dream

I will aim for the stars and the galaxies beyond human reach

How did black women become the one expected to settle for potential. Waiting for a job, a lover, family members to prove they’re beneficial

Only to end up disappointed

Wasted time

Wasted energy

So many look at us as if we were their enemy

But I arise

And look at life like

I’m eternally surrounded by varying hues of rainbows

Always ready to take flight

into a new horizon for all to see I am so much more than they try to make me be