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NaiveAndWitty
NaiveAndWitty
Black Girl
Jul 31 2009, 11:41 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 31 2009, 11:41 PM EDT


Ashanti’s hair is coarse,
Her beauty is Egyptian.
Her dance is Africa. She is
God’s angelic inscription.

I have never spoken with Ashanti.
She has the soul of a Panther.
I have the skin of a mulatto.
I desire Ashanti without answers.

Ashanti is a black goddess.
She is Africa’s hope—
A black man’s pride:
The reason we fight to cope.

Ashanti empowers the black man.
Ashanti is the soul of Africa.
To be in Ashanti’s presence, is to
Be in the essence of Africa.

I love Ashanti as I love Africa.
She is the history of the black man.
Ashanti is the soul of pre-slavery.
Ashanti is the sun upon the sand.

I want desperately to hold Ashanti.
I want desperately to hold Africa.
I am mulatto. Ashanti does
Not desire mulatto. Ashanti desires Africa.

I have given myself over to America—
Desiring Africa. America is where
I stand. America has erased me.
Ashanti, my Africa, is my last prayer.

I need Ashanti. I need the love of
Africa. I need to feel my root. I am
So lost in America. I am so lost
Without Africa. I need the help of I Am.

Ashanti is my Africa. She is the
Heartbeat of my Africa. I need Ashanti
As I need Africa. Ashanti is a black
Goddess. Ashanti is the soul of Africa.


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