Pink Lemonade & Crop Tops

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

You look so beautiful

With melanin skin that glows like ember

With confidence nobody can break

Look this fine

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

The way you fit like a puzzle piece

Molded to fit a King and Queens expectations

How you carry yourself with pride and honor

You feel a sense of relief when he calls you Beautiful

Your lips curl up from side to side

You can’t hide the fact you’re glowing

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

I watch you from afar and admire your curves

How you’ve grown into this goddess unknown to us all

Men cat-call you as you walk by saying: “Hey gorgeous I’ll be your OnlyFan”

When all along you wish for someone to be on your team

Routing for you to make it

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

I hear your cries of sorrow

Your pain of the many pleasures as he tastes you for the first time

How he hold you in his arms, and calls you his sweet baby

Kisses your temple to make you feel safe and secure

You close your eyes for a moment thinking of all the joys of the world

That bring you happiness

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

How you suck on the straw absorbing the energy you call home

How it fills you up with the fruits of our labors

All the while you’re pregnant carrying what he calls a bastard child

Because he was the bastard child years ago when he watched his father beat on his mom

When he was helpless and lost

Confused

Misguided

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Your beauty is unique

The way your curls fall to the side

And your lips curl up

I see a sparkle in your eye

A glow all around

You’re content with things being the way they are

Your laugh is infectious

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Taste different when the sun goes down,

The mood changes

I never could see you, until now

I never understood you until now

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Moments like this, so precious you can’t ignore

The time spent with friends, family

The beauty of the warmth

Of the sun in your face

That glow of ember

That sparkle in your eyes

How happy you were to hear

The words: “I Love You”

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Means nothing to when you’re the one experiencing the changes

The heartache

How we suffer

The lost

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Five little words

A woman like me

Will never know

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

How you made her smile

Even on her worst days

She remembered to smile

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

The way your words move me

Make me ignite the fire within

Deep down I feel it

Settle in my bones like wet tar on pavement

I watch it fester like a boiling blister

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

I enjoy the laugher coming from the children

Playing jump rope and hopscotch

Braiding hair and enjoying each others company

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

The tops stop half way

The boys and men admire you walking pass

Glancing left, and right, left and right

Left and right, left and right....

As you see them stare at you

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

You try and hide the pain

But you’re on display for the world to see

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

One more excuse to skip school and hang with friends

No one sees your beauty anymore

No one sees your worth

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

These are just five little words

That don’t hold much meaning

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

I admire your strength

Your courage

Even the little things you’re afraid to admit

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

I see you

I hear you

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

With melanin skin that glows like ember

With confidence nobody can break

Look this fine

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

The way you fit like a puzzle piece

Molded to fit a King and Queens expectations

No one ever recognizes the sacrifices

The heart ache

The pain

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

Five little words that don’t mean much

Pink Lemonade and Crop Tops

How beautiful you look in the moonlight

You’re beautiful