Why you hate me?
You hate me because I walk and I sway to the rhythm of my own greatness, which God gave me from the beginning of time.
You hate me because when I talk, I flow like the waters of the Egyptian Nile.
You hate me because my eyes glow with the history of an entire nation of priests and kings.
You hate me because my rich, dark chocolate skin radiates and reflects the sun, which lights the whole earth.
You hate me because my lips are full and soft with a sensuous curve, speaking the proverbs of Solomon.
You hate me because my kinky, soft hair crowns my head like my father Adam and my mother Eve.
You hate me because my body was carved by the master sculptor, Jehovah.
You hate me because you spend your days and nights thinking of new ways to hold me down, but still I rise, soaring higher and higher.
You hate me because, like King David, I excel at your own tests of strength.
I run, I jump, I climb, I catch, I throw, and I beat you at your own game.
You hate me because I won’t let you define me, and tell me who and what you want me to be, because you’re afraid of who I really am.
You hate me because You want to be ME.
©️Lyris D. Wallace
Author’s Short Bio
Lyris D. Wallace is a Literary visionary and two time #1 Ranked Best Selling Amazon Author. Reared and raised in the South Suburbs outside Chicago. African American Literature influenced her writing and is one of her favorite genres. Lyris Wallace writes in the spirit of her past great Literary ancestors. 2023 garnered Lyris her very first literary nomination, Pushcart Nominee-Poem No Justice for Breonna, Published in Social Justice Inks Anthology. The Summer of 2022 Lyris was a contributing writer in the #1 Best Seller ranked Anthology “Not Just Anybody Can Be Dad.”
Along with her sister, Chyrel J. Jackson, they published SistersRoc’N’Rhyme Presents Poems in the Key of Life, Mirrored Images and Different Sides of the Same Coin. This edgy writing duo appears in multiple published poetry Anthologies. You will find them always writing. Creating written legacies one book at a time.
Lyris D. Wallace is one writer that has found her poetic voice. You can find her on Sistersrocnrhyme.com
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