Ahh! Girl, you should sooo post this at One In a Million board. The have a special forum just for poets.

*~*The Beauty of Me and My People*~* By Lorna Dee Cervantes

Funny how I never noticed before but there's beauty in my smooth amber skin in the rich ginger-chocolate perfection. It was foolish to think that pale white, veined skin was beauty. My hair is also a wonder--raven black sexy-against the whiteness of a pillow. Thick and strong deep and dark

shiny...

And my dark Spanish/Indian eyes glossy and clear a deep mahogany brown, in dim light they blend in the darkness . And the dark of my eyes And the dark of my hair against the amber background of my skin paint a very pretty picture.