Camacy Melville Poems

I am black
I am beautiful
inside and out
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When I look in the mirror, what do I see?
A beautiful human being staring right back at me

When I move grade to grade, what has been shown?
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Someone likes you but I cant tell you who
Because of the fact that I like him too
I found out last night
While I spoke to his girl, and tried to fight off my feelings with all my might
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How can you say 'forgive and forget'?
When what happend will never pass away?
How can I try to forgive without really knowing what it is that happened?
How can I forget when what happened is not forgetable
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How you do me like that?
How you hurt me like that?
How you lead me on like that?
How you make me like you like that?
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Let me have my space
So I can breathe
You always all up on me, and that's why I look at you as a disgrace
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What if there was never slavery?
What if I wasn't a person?
What if I was a boy?
What if I was 7 feet tall?
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I'm in love with this boy,
but now I'm confused
Is my love for him being abused?
He says he loves me, that he really does
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I see how you look at him
With those pretty eyes
You watch like you are committing sin
And can’t wait to be taken in for your crime
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My tears that I have?
What are they really?
Is it tears of sadness? or relief?
The minute I heard I held back
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