My skin was a sin to them

Yet they craved my lips

Stared deep into my eyes

And refused to see the humanity

Gaslit to insanity

What kind of world is this?

I don’t want to be your experiment

I don’t want to be a sample

I don’t want to be just your “Black” friend

I don’t want to be invited to participate in the performance

When my face will save your face

But my face cannot save my own.

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