#SpiritOfIndependence

Being the black girl
That's so different
Or
So smart
for a black woman

As if Black is a
Disqualifier for greatness

As if Black means
That I am less inclined
To divine genius

As if being made in the image
And likeness of God
Was not quite designed for me

I am sick of having to
Qualify
And Clarify
And Dignify
And Mollify
And Nullify
Nonsensical commentary
about Karen's
Or Police Brutality
Or the Prison Industrial Complex
Or the Current state and texture
of my curly Mohawk
Or why I have on that wig or this weave

I am sick of
Needing to be better than
the best version of myself
That...