U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo
Poets Unlimited
Published in
1 min readJul 29, 2018

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For the women who ran Back Bay Bra Run ( July 27.2018)

We be

WOMEN

Sunkissed

Natural

Unbossed

We be BOSS

Unashamed

spirits aflame

We be

WOMEN

Beautiful bodies

sashay

sway

glide

strong strides

Rooted in pride

We be

WOMEN

Caps

Locs

Curls

Afros

Headwraps

Hijabs

in your face

Empowerment

& resistance

Pounding pavements

down Newbury Street

Boylston

Chanting

“ who runs the world :girls”

In unison

cheering on for our sisters

In formation

Avalanche of high fives

breakbeats of sound claps

Yes girlz!!

We be

WOMEN

Ruby lips

Purple hair

Don’t care

Nose rings

Tattoos

Kaliedoscope of wonder

We

Be

WOMEN

Running

Beautiful bodies

glistening

in the sunlight

We

Be

WOMEN

RUNNING

STRONG

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U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo
Poets Unlimited

Multi-disciplinary Artist |Poet | Performance Art| Marathoner |Author of poetry collection “Soul Psalms http://amzn.to/1T34SiV