I am Brooklyn Bridge strong,
can’t nobody hold me down
Unless I let them…
I am Statue of Liberty tall
and I will not bow down
Just because you feel inadequate
I am the Caribbean sky dressed in
golden hues of ambition you wish you could lay under
A daughter of royalty
And so I shall act accordingly
I will NOT be a cheap Canal street
knock off of what others think I should be
I am the hottest car on the block
Fully loaded…but I am not for sale
I was BORN for a purpose
More than just that road
You think you can walk all over
The backbone to your existence
I was NOT created solely for your
Viewing pleasure
Although I am pretty
You will not define me by looks
I AM
2 degree holding
College educated
But well versed in street vernacular
So don’t get it twisted when I burn
You with my tongue…
I AM
the Susan B Anthony suffragette movement
and I will vote your ass right out of office
if you don’t treat me like
the queen that I am
I AM
Harriet Tubman salvation
Follow me and
I can get you to the Promised Land.
Take you back to the mother land
Back to where we are all one
Despite our skin tone
Back to where we don’t have to espeak de ingles
If we don’t want to
Because…
I AM
La isla del encanto
La brisa acariciando tu piel
Yo Soy
Sueños realizado
Mis palabras mi munición en esta querra de identidad
Yo Soy
Las olas del mar
ven bañate en mi libertad
Yo Soy
Las parrandas en las Navidades
escucha mi canción
Yo Soy
Platanos maduros, chuleta fritas, arroz y habichuelas
Ven y alimentate en mí
I AM
Food for your mind, soul, and spirit
500 hundred years in the making
Crafted to perfection
I AM
What I say I am and I say that
I AM a Queen!
I love that these are the first words that I wake up to today. “I am golden hues of ambition you wish you could lay under…. back to where we don’t have to espeak inlges… I AM 500 years in the making.” Beautiful.
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Thank you love 🙂
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What a great poem, loved the Spanish in it!
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