Black is pain.

What do us man get? – 

a letter.                       A letter?

thru the post, telling us, ‘Go back.’

To where though?

The Problems too big to fix 

The Fix too big, two problems

The wahala you man breeded

The problems you man nurtured

We built this place on our bleeding backs

                                               Callous hands

Then u 419ners 

use us to 

        lure us in           to throw us out               work us hard                 to kick us out

aren’t u           man                               tired of                        the in and                     out?

being Black is being able to stand before you S-A-T

it’s seeing yourself on the TV 

cause Black is excellent.

But Pinterest searches throw up only white girls;

Black girls’ bodies seem rare like pearls

seeing our bodies have become the new ‘it’

yet Kendall ‘inspires’ the latest fit

while we’re still    the       ‘black’      girls.

It’s knowing I could fly away to the diaspora 

                                 It’s a door opening to a maze

No one has to stop and stare

                                 It’s a door that invites my ways

But it’s still not rare

                              It’s a door thats password is success and praise

If I come from LHR, up goes the fares.

Being Black is everchanging - carolight aunties has soon become a sin

claiming our true skin

passing Black love to our kin

being Black is a door

you can’t accept guests to marvel in awe

                                           if you haven’t 

opened yours

failing is a myth that’s resting

like our future is predestined

this is supposed to be our oryeasi ɛfiri sɛ Obi 

nnim oberima ahyease.

Agoro beso a, efiri anopa

The party starts 3 hrs after the time set

Prolonging the departure of their known

For a few hours of anigye met 

Dance the night away they’re still old

Their problems are at bay

      Just for an hour, second or just a        mere      day

Because they know the complacent always                                                                  stray…