Featured Poem: The Coloring Box

By Dorothy Atkins
Santa Clara County Branch

 

How novel that the color of skin is not interchangeable.

I pivoted in today’s world because it comes unapologetically.

I find harmony among humanity, draped in many hues.

Today Is my day I want to bask in being a woman of color. No second guesses, no hesitations. Just comfortable in my own skin.

These are my happiest moments. Love the skin I am in. Love the woman I have become. Love the journeys I have yet to take.

Color is not a disadvantage but a strength and a gift to the world.

Find the rainbow!

 

 

 

7 comments

  1. Patricia Setser says:

    I see and feel the celebration of color in your voice and in your spirit.
    Keep the beauty flowing in verse and in the words painting pictures.

  2. Beverly says:

    Absolutely beautiful! You’ve captured something so meaningful to us all as women of color.
    Thank you so much for sharing!

  3. Carol Creene says:

    Dorothy, your poem spoke to me. I hadn’t given much thought to skin before I read your poem.

  4. Roberta Tomaino says:

    AMEN!!!!!
    Absolutely beautiful Dorothy!!
    You have such a way with words!!
    Thank you for sharing!
    👏🏼❤️🫶🏼

  5. Nancy Benson says:

    Very touching and heartfelt. I love the strength and beauty that comes out in the end of the poem!

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