This is Who I Am

I’VE BEEN KISSED BY THE SUN, ENLIGHTENED BY THE MOON. LIKE FRESH BAKED BREAD NOT TAKEN OUT TO SOON, LIKE THE SAND DUNE SMOOOOOOTH. I’M ADAM’S RIB NOT TO BE BENT OR BROKEN; A SOFT WORD SPOKEN. WHISPERS IN THE NIGHT, A BANG!! IN THE LIGHT, IM A BLIND MAN’S SIGHTS. IM THAT ROCK THROWN BY THE OPPRESSED AND SO MUCH MORE NOTHING LESS…A STRANGER NOT TO BE CLASSIFIED WITH THE REST. IM NOT THE BEST OF HUMANITY BUT IM THE BEST OF ME, MIGHT NOT POSESS ALL OF MY SANITY, BUT MY MIND IS FREE. I AM A FULL GROWN WOMAN NOT JUST BEHIND AND BOSUM, SO I COVER WHAT IS MINE, YES…I AM MUSLIM!!!! I AM ALLAH TA-ALA’s PROOF, EYES OPEN TO THE TRUTH, BOLD ENOUGH TO SPEAK IT, AND REAL ENOUGH TO BE IT. I CAN SEE IT, CAN YOU? DO YOU FEEL MY WORDS ARE TRUE? IM A BLACK WOMAN FEARLESS, I DONT BELIEVE IN MUSLIM TERRORIST. JUST GREEDY IMPERIALIST, TAKING LIVES AND SPREADING LIES. TORTURING HUSBANDS AND RAPING WIVES. RAPING MY POCKETS AND I USE MY WORDS TO STOP IT. I DONT CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE ME IN ALL BLACK I AM THE MOTHER OF THE EARTH AND NOT THE CAUSE OF NO ATTACK, I REACT WITH MY WORDS TOO HUMBLE TO FIGHT, NOT THE TYPE OF WOMAN THAT ACTS ON SPITE. I SEE LIGHT IN MY RELIGION, AND THIS HIJAB WAS MY DECISION, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO YOUR OPINION SO LET ME HAVE MINE. DONT COME TO ME WITH THE DRAMA CUZ I CANT FIND THE TIME. IM NOT YOUR’S BUT IM MINE. RELAXED AND RECLINED. I WAS KISSED BY THE SUN, ENLIGHTENED BY THE MOON, LIKE FRESH BAKED BREAD NOT TAKEN OUT TOO SOON. IM THE SAND DUNE SMOOOOOOTH……