Creative Ramblings

Blue Black Boy

                            

                               (“Blue Black Boy” by Carrie Mae Weems)

The colors so natural blend into the skin of your past,

yet you’re rarely ever good enough to mention.

By both your people and theirs

You aren’t the striking figure that you should be

but a forgotten eyesore in need of a signifier.

“Smart for a….”

“Handsome for a…”

“Beautiful for a…”

Your shade puts you further back in the minds of those who matter

or rather those with power.

You matter.

Your deep brown eyes and deep brown skin with the blueish tint shine.

The shine is not one of glow or gloom but dignity.

Don’t let the rules of this color theory paint a world you can’t exist in.

Blue black boy

Run and tell High Yella and Magenta beauty dances and spins all over the color wheel.

Are you afraid?

To be misrecognized as a color coded soul is to live a life below the ground.

Stand up boy of color, find out the real story of what that color dreams.

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