BRINAZ Black Beauty

When I was younger I found out quickly that there was something wrong with my skin

Or was there something wrong with it?

I thought that something was wrong with my skin because the world behaved as though when I was standing in the dark I’d disappear.

They seemed to think that being very black was very funny.

I could NEVER see myself in the world

NOT EVEN my mother shared my shade

So how was I so different, so abnormal that God singled me out and painted me this Black?

Why was I the only one around me...

I have always had to try to prove my worth to the world because I was never seen as enough

Well let me tell you about me

The REAL me :

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