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The Skin You Hate MAG
July 11, 2016
That you're so desperate to crawl out of,
Reminds me of that sweet honey you love so much.
It makes me think of sunlit sand, and most times
I wonder
How a simple pigment can create such a universe
Of a person.
© Pamela Maranan, Ossining, NY
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I had this friend, and her skin was a beautiful golden brown color and she was a stunning girl in general, inside and out. She would always talk about how she wanted to have a lighter skin color and no matter how often I tried to convince her that she was beautiful she never believed me. I love her very much, and she is the most amazing person I have ever met, so I wrote her a poem in hopes that she would see that. (The honey part is because she loved these weird little honey stick candy things)