Shut It Down, Pause
Does she ever get to do anything cool, tho?
By Veronica WilliamsPublished 5 years ago • 1 min read
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I don't get to talk about how he was raised,
trying to be that good girl
who doesn't go too far.
I don't get to judge how his past destroyed him,
trying to be that sweet,
healing,
understanding woman
who understands "we all have a past."
I don't get to be my lower self,
judging how women ruined him
and how I bare the brunt
for every decade
and second
some trick broke his fucking heart.
If I became
"like other bitches."
"like other sistas,"
like every other trigger
then I would be no different—
a failure.
And he would sail to Asia
or Polynesia
because Black women are just too much,
too evil,
too selfish,
too everything negative,
and I ain't got the vocabulary to finish it.
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About the Creator
Veronica Williams
Chicagoan in TN. Currently married to the night and looking for coffee.
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