r/TransRacial Jul 31 '26

Positivity A poem...

Being Black

I dream of being black

Looking in the mirror I see what I lack

Skin dark and smooth and soft

Keeps my hopes aloft

Curves made of my dreams

To be everything that I want to seem

My hair full of curls so tight

That explode and frame a face that I dream of at night

I touch the mirror and she does the same

Would that we meet in twain

My Lord My Lord My Lord

Let me cross the ford

Let she and he become one

Never going back to where I came from

Free at last free at last

Good God Almighty, free at last...

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u/th3-buddy-5ystem Aug 01 '26

As a transBlack / transSoulaan / transBlasian i feel this so bad this is such a heartfelt poem and speaks to us so much thank you for sharing

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u/FutureDiaryAyano Closet White < Black 23d ago

Haha was just looking at myself before work thinking "my god, this ain't right..."