Dirt... The Black Woman... Life
A Point to Change the Stigma Around Black Women and Dirt; A Poem
The black woman is dirt
Yes. Ah yes, you heard me right, I said: the black woman is dirt
But before you go up in arms listen to what I have to say first
The black woman is indeed dirt
I say this in all seriousness, this is not a game
You see similar colors and textures and are ignorant to the fact that not all dirt is the same
The black woman is dirt
She is whom everyone walks on, kicks up, and beats down
She seems so uncleanly and the thought of being wrapped by her puts you in a space in which you are 6 feet underground
The black woman is dirt
She is, often times, filled with seeds by people who talk of flowers but won't even water their buds weekly
She is used, used, and again, used
For nothing more than to bear the fruit in which we consume
The black woman is dirt
People, poke her, prod her, rake her, stick her with hoes
And when she doesn't give you what you want she is left dry, plowed, and compliant because she's not allowed to say no
We sit on her, shit on her, piss on her, spit on her, do these things that are so vile
Littering, degrading her body as opposed to appreciating her soil profile
The black woman is dirt
The sad thing is, she's been feeding us and housing us, only when things go south is when you hear of her importance that they tout
The only time you can witness her true clout is through death, famine, and drought.
The black woman is dirt
She is stretched thin, sprayed down, used, by animals
The black woman is dirt
The very base of life on this earth
Beaten into submission coerced into dation
Yet still finding grass to give, she is literally our foundation. But you don't get that
She is never in the spotlight, given credit, or adored even she is where our fresh water is stored
The black woman is dirt,
Unappreciated, Unacknowledged, treated as the worst.
And without her, none of us would survive on this Earth
Because; the black woman is dirt
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