The Essence of Me



You look in the mirror,
One is not lovable
That notion is only catered to some people 
and lives are put at stake just to claim that label

As I see the reflection,
Brown skin,
Slightly wide-eyed
and the matte Blue lipstick
The more I put on, the more I seem white  
No one can pin point what you are
Because the brown skin does not correlate with the aesthetic 

As I move through the world like tetras,
bending every facet of myself to fit in
The ones who accept me see me as desirable
only when I look like everyone on RuPaul’s Drag Race
Dear Straight people,
That is not how trans people look like 
People like me struggle to get out of bed,
if people like me to have one

So buckle up on this cluster fuck ride that is myself
Through the hyper femininity and the barebones
To embracing my Nubian ancestors 
as we set conquest on reclaiming our brownness 

as Colonization took it away from us

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