In the realm of shadows deep, I tread,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A journey into Blackness, where light is spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emerging from the shroud of night’s embrace,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I see the vibrant colors in this sacred space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deeper I plunge, my soul turns to ink,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A wise man once misquoted, let me rethink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Color has no soul,” the misguided said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But my friend, the color of the soul is Black, I spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friendship, too, resides in this ebony hue,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As essential as the soul, pure and true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Black, assigned to us, to paint us incomplete,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet it’s the canvas on which our stories beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Black, the shade once deemed taboo,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even for those to whom it’s not a new view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, I dive headlong, with courage unafraid,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Into the Blackness where my essence is laid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I journey, my inner light does shine,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A brilliance that some fear, others find divine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blackness gleams on me, my spirit’s delight,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ascent on a crystal stair, through day and night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tacks and splinters, they may come my way,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But knowledge and Blackness, my strength display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These superpowers, the Ancestors bestow,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Demanding I embrace them, as onward I go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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