
I’m Black
Black…Black!
I’m Black Black
Black like the quiet after a gunshot Black
Kevlar Black
Black like the topside of a well cooked rib Black
Sweet Baby Rays Black
Smoked Black
Shadow Black
Black like the sun is out as my body casts itself from a tree Black
Not hanging Black
but hanging Black
Loitering Black
The Black that scurry when me and my homies on the corner and a stranger yell 12 so the whole hood know how to move Black
generational trauma Black
Black like survival
Black like Samuel L. Jackson playing a crackhead after being a crackhead
Black
Black like I look danger in the face Black
Black like own the danger in my face Black
Angel wing Black
Jesus turned water into Henny Black
Yeah?
Yeeeaahhhh I’m that Black
I’m grandpa don’t speak to anyone Black
I’m grandma speak to everyone Black
Rigid Tender Black
melt in ya' mouth Black
Chocolate Black
Charcoal Black
Charred soul Black
Zetsu Black
Amaterasu Black
Black like a burning fire be a sealing fire for the right wound Black
So I’m healing Black
I’m healing, Black
I’m swisha Black
Black and mild
midnight with no moon Black
Black hole Black
I’m absorb all light Black
I’m all encompassing Black
I’m cover everything Black
I’m cover Black
I’m cover everything Black
I’m Everything Black.
Everything
Black.
I’m Everything
Black.
Yeah.
About the Creator
Enoch the Poet
Enoch is a poet, author, and teaching artist. He creates written works, curriculum, and platforms that deepen our emotional understanding and its cyclical relation to the conditions acting on the Black mind, body, and spirit.




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