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Love The Skin You Are In
by Michael C Jones → (All Poetry by Michael C Jones)
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Be happy with who you are. Brown, black, white or red. Love the skin you are in, learn to love yourself.

Old revelation news flash,
love the skin you are in,
at dawn, twilight, midnight.
How beautiful are these colors,
black, blacker and blackest!
Long live the kings and queens of Africa.
Whose copper skin embraced the
sun on the horizon.
Bathing in the Euphrates and
Nile rivers.
Their tributaries watered valleys which
fed the Nubian nation.
Sometimes our skin was purplish black,
as we toiled beneath the sun in the
hottest part of the day!
Queen Nefertiti babies were multi-colored
bronze, copper and gold.
The great kings and queens of Africa
stories must be told.
Their magnificent crowns layered with
gold, emeralds, diamonds, amethyst, and
rubies, again I say Ophir's gold,
in America our story yet unfolds!
We remember our ancestors',
wondrous black beautiful opal skin,
be not ashamed love the skin you're in.
Who we are is what we were brothers
and sister, clan, family and friend.
Look in the mirror adore yourself,
start loving the skin you are in! 

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 Reviews of "Love The Skin You Are In"
Reviewed by Annabel Sheila
Reviewed on October 3, 2013
Very nicely done, Michael...we are brothers and sisters

Anna

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on October 3, 2013
A very good wake-up call for everyone to heed. I only have two caveats:

To paraphrase Dr. Martin Luther King, we should never allow skin color to determine the character of the person within. Everyone should take the time it takes to know that character before making any judgment about any person. Talk to them. What they say will reveal their true character and not some preconceived notion.

Secondly, do not let that colorful skin stretch too much. By allowing that to happen, one's self-worth takes a big blow when looking in that mirror that doesn't lie.

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on October 3, 2013
and love the skin you are in
budd


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