BLACK HISTORY

The Pain, Beauty, & History of Black Female Slaves

Poetry: 7 Parts — Black Butterfly

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Table of Contents

• Intro
• I Am Strong.
• My Black Hair Is Beautiful.
• My Heritage Was Deleted.
• Rape.
• Weary.
• Mothers & Daughters.
• Surrendering.

Intro

This collection of poems is tangibly raw, describing the voices of Black women whose souls were beautiful yet broken in spirit. Their songs — filled with pain — have been passed down through the generations into the hearts, bodies, and minds of their daughters.

I Am Strong.

There is beauty in my blackness
There is blackness in my beauty
There is cocoa in my skin
There is beauty in my kin

I carry the weight of a thousand pounds
My rage is louder than a thousand sounds
My beautiful lips stay silent by day
My strength is a storm hidden away
My spirit is broken but my soul is alive
There is beauty in my blackness
I am a Black Butterfly.