No Love 4 Tha Chocolate Girls...
A Performance Monologue
No love…
for the…
chocolate girls… 🍫
you say… 😳
8 out of 10… 🙅🏾
of us…
aren't...
cute…
you say… 😳
Makeup… 💄
doesn't show up...
well…
on us…
you say… 😳
You are...
'dark & pretty'... 😍
but…
you…
are…
the exception…
to the…
rule...
you say… 😳
Are there…🕵🏾
any...
light-skinned…
folks...
in my…
family?…
you ask… 😳
El darko…
is what…
you say… 😳
when…
referring…
to me… 🤷🏾
Nah...
brother...
you are...
simply…
talkin'... 🗣
about…
your soul… 🖤
Now…
Please…Please…Please...
find…
a way…🏞
to turn…
on…
the...
lights...🌟
upstairs...
b'cuz...
deep down...
you know...
that…
BEAUTY...
comes in…
all shades... 💐
races... 👩👩🏾👩🏿👩🏻👩🏼
& exteriors…🐢
For...
the...
supremely-competent...
brilliant & magnificent… 💗
Divine Creator…
never made…
anyone …
by mistake… ✊🏾
Though…
I fear… 😱
that you...
are…
more…
shallow…😮
than…
a...
kiddie pool…
What...
you…🦉
should have...
been...
worried about...
was how well…
I treated…
others... 🤝🏾
But,
you failed…
the grand spiritual…
test...💎
with no chance…
for a redo…
And...
No party invitation...
will ever...
be...
extended…
to you…🤡
and others…
that think like you…
Now…
please...
step off… 👟
and...
go &...
play...
in the…
shallow water...
with the other
peeps…
that are…
afflicted...
with your…
same 'toddler' 👲🏿mindset…
As for me...
I will be…
on the beach… 🏖
getting…
an even deeper tan… 🌞
& enhancing…
the chocolate shell... 🍫
that I...
was given…
by…
my Maker...
as a precious...
gift... 🎁
to add...
to…
the cultural...
rainbow… 🌈
on the day…
that I was born… 👶🏽
Given your ugly…
track record… 👣
what you…
had to say...
never really mattered... anyway… 👎🏾
babe...
About the Creator
Tiffany Gordon
I am a super-spiritual, fun-loving artist, writer, & peer-counselor residing in the Pacific Northwest. I am also an Institute of Children's Literature alumna who enjoys writing about the triumph of the human spirit.
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“Getting an even deeper tan!” 😆 This was clever and sassy and fun! Great writing !! 😊👏
Yasss, Go Awf Big Sis, I Love This Piece 💯♥️✌️🦋👑🤎📝💋
Great poem! So powerful! Love the chocolate shell metaphor ❤
I was like, 'mmhmm,' and 'yes girl' while I was reading! Power and truth in this one. One of my sons is partially colorblind, and I know he would love to see colors the way the rest of us do, because color adds so much to life. Whether it's the color of flowers or the color of skin, each shade is perfect the way it is. Everybody just needs to focus on being a good person. Period.
Loved when you said he was talking about his soul