Atlanta (poem)

Poetry

Group of my kind,
Slaughtered.
Dehumanized as sex toys,
Eliminated in silence.

Not even a whimper,
Absorbing violence and abuse.
Hatred stored in our bellies,
Skin thickens into stone.

Submissive and demure,
Seductive and compliant.
Forgotten in an instant,
Screams like whispered lullabies.

Gurgling blood shushed harshly,
Our pain an inconvenience.
China dolls with painted faces,
Shattered weeps keep leaking.

Body (poem)

Poetry

What is my body,
But a colonial land?
Rape and rob,
Take and exploit.

Your seeds won’t grow,
In my soil.
I’ll never bloom,
How you want me to.

Steal what’s not yours,
Pay no reparations.
Fill your gilded chambers,
With my intimate treasures.

Tear my flesh,
Break my bones.
Build me into a castle.
I’m just raw materials for construction.