God, deliver me from the systems that wish to do violence against my Black body.
Deliver me from those who further that violence in spaces that claim to be fighting against it.
Deliver me from the walls I’ve put up to hide this truth— I’ll never be enough for them.
Deliver me from the pain of being discarded when I begin to say aloud how much it hurt.
Deliv…
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