Deona Skidmore Poems

BI-RACIAL
A kiss of death to my relationships with men
With men whose families have to ask
'Why can't you just find a nice 'white' girl? .
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(This is dedicated to my best friend, whom I love without reason or rhyme.)

For when you are scared, or don't know what to do,
Do not be afraid, I've coded my DNA right into you,
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paradoxical,
alice-down-the-rabbit-hole,
into a world of non-existence
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she had two children before she was 19.
labled a loser before she had to show them a thing or two.
An extraoridinary person if there ever was one.
Mother and father both to spoiled hellions.
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I can feel your body in my sleep,
tell me, is my heart this weak?
It's been too long since we have met,
tell me then, why my body can't forget.
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I think that there is something between me and you,
I've fallen into something that we cannot undo,
I can't say that I love you, even though it's true
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She's a pretty girl
Beautiful in all that she is
Strong in all she's not
(But you should see her with her shirt off...)
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(I've given so many people advice on what to do, how to stay alive, and I don't have anything to say about myself. For myself.)

It's hard to determine
what
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I remember your skin, 'cause it's perfect when we meet,
I remember your voice, 'cause without it I can't speak,
I remember your noise, as I'm taking you out of your mind
I remember your pressure, as it made me melt into the sublime.
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I'm sleeping with a lover,
in a bed he considers home,
My life is in another's arms,
he silently waits till I'm alone.
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