Like the mighty AFROdite that I be
Every morning, I'm arisin' & openin' my eyelids
Feelin' like a superNATURAL young goddess!
& Isn't it obvious that I greet my reflection with confidence?
It's like I'm oozing this consciousness
I am beyond aware now.
I mean--look at my hair now!
The same hair I use to tear down
With poison, ignorantly
Now grows indigenously from love & knowledge
I oil my coils and spoil them habitually
I heart my 'fro!
It's my self-esteem personified.
Shakin’ what my momma gave me!
& I ain't talkin' 'bout my behind!
And despite that very fact,
All the brothas still think I'm fiiiiiinnnneeee...
They wanna run their hands all into and through my strands!
& Perhaps it’s jealousy
But… I stay catchin' flak from relaxed chicks!
Always tryna check for tracks and attachments
I tell 'em fall backwards
'cause I got a knack for smackin' haters with my palm's back end!
BUT my preference is pickin' my 'Fro over pickin' any fights with you
Or sparkin’ heated debates
On why I choose not to heat up and straighten my hair so I can look just like you…
When lookin’ like me has been more than good enough.
& as each day passes, I become more in love with my courageous curls
That are brave enough to face a world
That has a skewed and screwed up view of what’s considered to be beautiful
Nah, my roots never produced that European, silky smooth
But who’s to say that it ain’t “good hair?”
My belief is that we all should bare our God-given characteristics
& embrace our differences
It’s the one thing that we share!
“Take the kinks out ya mind… Not out of your hair.”
By: Janiah Bradley
On Tumblr I came across this illustration by a Jamaican artist.
Illustrations by Paul Davey from Manchaster, Jamaica. He is a painter who uses digital tools to create these surreal depictions of people who inspire him. The paintings are inspired by moments in his own life.
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