
Serwaa
Another Anita

Image: Anita Hill, 1991
I told you NO!
And you did it anyways
Nightmarish days
What is left to say?
‘Cuz “yes” doesn’t mean YES
And this haggling over my body is a degrading game of CHESS
My own brotha of dark chocolate hue
Now makes me rise up with the cause to sue
Courts bashing me
If only they could see
The TRUTH and its misery
Thisisforcoloredgirlswhohaveconsideredsuicidewhentherainbowisenuf
This is for colored girls who have considered suicide?
YES is a magical dream
Skipping along still watered streams
And YES is beauty serene
One of the greatest joys this life has seen
Stop telling daughters not to go out at night
Tell all those young men to treat women right!
When both parties sincerely agree
Rape culture will cease
Coinciding women’s history to a pedigree
This is for you
& it’s for me
We’re trapped inside this insanity
Where race no longer terrifies
And yet patriarchy is on the rise
The Bible touching my shaking brown hand
Accusations all across the one inhabiting the witness stand
I TOLD YOU NO!
Why did you deceive me?
They still don’t even BELIEVE me
This is for you
& it’s for me
SOMEONE please help me escape this insanity
I.Can’t.Breathe.