Ebony Skin

You see me?
A Beautiful black queen.
Ebony skin that for years I thought that my color was a sin.
So I raised my head to heavens and I prayed.
Not with eyes closed, but with them open looking up to the sky
So I can look into the eyes of the most high.
My Father.
The one who blessed me with this smooth ebony skin that for years I thought was a sin.
So I prayed.
I asked him to explain why those not like me dislike me instead of seeing past my color and get to know a woman such as me, someone's child, someones sister, and one day will be someone's mother.
You see me?
On the outside I'm abused verbally.
Words hurled at me so viciously and cutting into me so deeply that I had to just lift my head and pray for those who can not comprehend that I am a divinely favored African American woman and no matter how much you may hate me;
I am so loved; especially by the one who created me in his image.
His ebony child.
Every night I pray thank him for blessing me to see another day knowing that at any moment this life could be taken away.
You see me?
I'm blessed to be able to enrich myself in a culture that makes me feel so alive.
To live in my ebony in skin that I use to think having for years was a sin. To indulge in my African American Ethnicity, acknowledge my history, and love every part of my ebony me.
So I pray
Being thankful for the ebony skin that I use to think having was a sin.

Lady R © 2013