Life Through The Eyes of A Black Girl

Introduction:

Upon turning 18 a black girls' eyes will become fully opened to the real world, and the part she plays in that world. But the truth is that most black girls' eyes are opened long before they become an adult, or a woman. Black girls learn at a very young age that they are expected to be strong and self sacrificing. For most of the time that is the only way they can survive in the real world.

“I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.” – June Jordan

Black girls are jewels

Women Empowerment

Believe not only men deserve power

This reality we have become set in

Will be temporary and the future feels unsure

The real truth is that we are all in a war

That isn't just physical

It is very well spiritual

Don’t be ignorant

Of all we have to face

As long as you live

It is wise to build your case

As a black woman I don’t have open doors

I work hard for all I yearn for

400 years later and this hasn’t change

Faces have come and gone

But societies remain the same

“Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.” – Carol Moseley-Braun

If being black ain’t easy

Black women are a miracle to even exist

Black, and a woman at that

That is a shame and a mess

There are two common depictions of the black woman

She can is either angry and going off

Acting like an out of control loud mouth

Then there are the insecure black woman

Who can't seem to find a man

These negative reputations are destructive

This system is a problem

Black women deserve to be protected

The black man has long been expected

To show up and be a black woman’s savior

But has he appeared yet?

If you look at the black man’s condition can he even do that?

Black people we are living in a plight

Will this plight ever change?

If being black ain’t easy

Black women are a miracle to even exist

“If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.” – Nikki Giovanni

Black woman

What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Is it just your size or figure?

Scars and wounds

That never healed

Most have been there since you can remember

When was life ever fair for a black woman?

What happened to her innocence?

In the mirror she is faced with her pure reflection

There is no more hiding now

An invisible force stops the yelp

That wants to screams from her mouth for help

What she will soon realize

Is that it is within herself real help lies

Right where there is pain in her eyes

Black woman you are the richest of God's creation

You can't die until you realize this