sydney conteh

It is said
The bigger the hair the closer to heaven you are
The longer the hair
The closer to your roots
...

I saw a black girl cry
because she learned her skin
Is sign saying
'shot me'
...

The first day of Derek Chauvin trial started
The man who killed George Floyd
...

Hashtag justice for
Insert black name here
From
Country insert here
...

A poet once said
"How it aches to pick ourselves, from a lineup every day"
To see parts of ourselves as criminal
To imprison the best part of ourselves
...

Change happens by want or by need.
George Floyd changed by need.
Philando Castile changed by need.
In writing this I had to search all the black lives that have needed to die to cause change by need.
...

Mama Africa my heart beats to the rhythm you set
Nene Africa, you are my home
Your fruits are my garden
I eat your fruits and absorb all the culture my body needs
...

Sam Hose.
Black man.
killed because the colour of his skin was an execution notice.
People thought his nappy hair was a weapon of mass destruction.
...

Hello black skin
People see you as a weapon
Rudy Francisco said
"A weapon will always be a weapon, what matters is how you fight the war"
...

Meghan Markle and prince harry
Had an interview that shone a light
on how black skin is treated,
How being a minority is like being
...

A British politician said
We need to stop the violence, suppression
Of language and culture
...

What if black skin was a prison?
Anything can be a prison, depending on how you are looking at it.
A rainbow can be seen as a curved cage.
Or a bridge to a better world.
...

In a flower bed of white.
Black flowers had the bravery to stand tall.
Most days I am that flower.
Somedays I try to chameleon myself into shades of white.
...

Black is.
Seeing a world full of white.
Trying not to blend in.
...

pan body os: Definition; a metal house.

Metal walls can not contain this family joy.
Matted ceiling intertwined with harmony.
...

You are a place of freedom.
Where thoughts fly in the wind.
Calmly, courageously lifting us.
...

Have a Malcolm X heart.
With Martin Luther king.
Meaning when someone sees your skin as a battlefield.
A land to acquire with phenomenal ammunition.
...

If trees could grieve, I wonder
what they will say
will their branches shrivel up in dismay
Maybe you will see their rage
...

Recently I saw a
Black child shed a tear over his lost hero
Not a toy, a hero
Something that reflects all the things we want to be
...

On this day
Saturday,12: 05
Derek Chauvin was sentenced
To 22.5 years in prison
...