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Mixed

January 23, 2024
By King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
King_KDA ELITE, Burlington, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Numquam finitur, donec vita finiatur."
- K. D'Angelo Alexander


Split


Not in-between, 

not one and the other


Mixed


Not just one color


I don’t feel like I fit in


Not Black, not White


What’s within?


Whites say that

I’m “not one of them”


Blacks say that

I’m “too light-skinned”


Even my hair is mixed,

curls that aren’t perfect


Some straighter than others,

some kinky, it just doesn’t fit


If I had a dollar for every

bigoted-comment someone has said,


I’d change the hair upon my head

But that wouldn’t fix much,

since my nose is still wide


Although my skin is closer to White


Well, I used to be dark


Back in California, where the

Sun shines everywhere, and rainbows arc


Not anymore, my skin lost its pigment


In the cold of the Pacific North


I feel as if I am losing my identity,

not knowing who I am


All of my family gone,

Back South in the sand


Looking at the back of my hand,

White, with just a little tan


The author's comments:

I believe that this poem is rather explanatory.

It was intended to describe what it feels like to be mixed-Black.

Split between two races, yet not feeling a part of either one.

 

(I know it's a little early, but this one was intended for Black History Month.)


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