My Love is…

“but bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma i havent conquered yet. do you see the point?
my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender, my love is too delicate to have thrown back on my face…

My love is TOO DELICATE to have thrown back on my face, my love is too beautiful to have thrown back on my face, my love is too sanctified to have thrown back on my face, my love is too magic to have thrown back on my face, my love is too saturday nite to have thrown back on my face, my love is too complicated to have thrown back on my face, my love is too music to have thrown back on my face”

~Poet, playwright Ntozake Shange

“for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf,”