I Am Black.

I am black.

And as long as I remain so

The shade of my colour

Prohibits love from a rainbow

Although

I'm absorbent

I fortify other's self confidence

From the shadows of my positivity

My vibrance can contrast

Any negative saturation

My melanin shade

Gives safety

And yet...

I am black.

I fear for my child's exposure

To the luma of our colour profile

I fear for their texture

Their embedded

Tint

It doesn't matter

If they are mixed with

Rights

Greatness

Beauty

My spouse can give them

Courage

Might

Yearning

Knowledge

And yet when I mix

With the rainbow

Black

Will always make Black.

And the pot of gold

Turns to carbon.

I am many colours

With every hue

All the heat

And the pressure

Will turn my pot of carbon into

Diamond.