I am tiger eye and bloodstone
fiercely looking back
and unattainable.
I am amber waves caught in time,
with resin sealing transparent wounds
where I am jaded green,
verdant like fields turned over and bearing life.
I am coral and pearl,
obscured vibrance
and captured beauty,
swaying and carried away
in the deep blue.
I am garnet and onyx
changing and undefined,
limitless and casting my net
wide as prisms carrying light.
I am royal amethyst and multicolored agate
with waves of shades working their way through me
and around the smooth and rough, irregular shapes
and jagged edges where I am cut and worn,
hiding treasure.
About the Creator
Angelita Hampton
Angelita Hampton is a writer, visual artist, activist, sister, and daughter. She identifies as a Black feminist revolutionary inspired by and dedicated to social justice.
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