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When I am Black by ~fierypoplartree:iconfierypoplartree:

Categories Literature > Poetry > General Poetry > Spoken Word


When I am black I am what you see before you open your eyes.
                               I am the darkness before the light
                               I am the shielding cape that smothers you.
                               I am the night blanketing over the earth

When I am black I am your favourite leather chair.
                               I am the writing in your forbidding book
                               I am the burnt wood in the fire.
                               I am a kitten on your lap

When I am black I am the dead flower in your garden
                               I am the cockroach you just sprayed
                               I am the soil under the tree
                               I am the shadow behind the house

When I am black I am the blackboard in your class
                               I am the pencil in your hand.
                               I am the shoes you have to wear.
                               I am the computer screen staring back at you.
                               
When I am black I am a widow’s dress at a funeral.
                               I am the feeling of loss
                               I am the mascara running down your face.
                               I am the coffin in the church

When I am black I am hated.
                               I am excluded.
                               I am feared.

But… When I’m black I am beautiful.
©2008-2010 ~fierypoplartree
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Author's Comments

Hmm. Not very good. But anyway.

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~CuRzEAndLoZz Sep 13, 2008, 5:33:24 AM
I like it :D It was beautiful, especially the two last parts :) :heart: I think it deserves a :+fav:
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Mood: Astonished ~fierypoplartree Sep 13, 2008, 6:59:33 AM
Oh wow! :) Thanks so much!:D
The last two parts were my favourite too. Hehe.
:D :blowkiss:

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And so it is, just like you said it would be.
Life goes easy on me
...most of the time.
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~Disasterpiece666 May 31, 2009, 9:45:35 PM
This isn't bad at all. I can see what you're alluding to on a certain level. Trivial things we take for granted that are necessities for our comfort and what we feel aren't important on a conscious level. Without black, there wouldn't be white. Beautiful is true. I like. :)

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~fierypoplartree Jun 2, 2009, 6:54:11 AM
wow, i'd almost forgotten about this piece.

i wrote it, gosh... nearing on three years ago now.

thanks so much.
i'm glad you could see those things in it too.

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And so it is, just like you said it would be.
Life goes easy on me
...most of the time.
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