A poem in response to a good but scary read. I read this in 2021…a year later it is still wrecking me. But I am glad I’ve arrived here:
How is this for
Success:
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I learned that my
Enemy was the
Self-sufficient white man
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I could not beat him so
Instead, I turned toward
Winning myself
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I looked into my own eyes
And told her she was enough
Some days she believes
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