NAKED...

They want you to believe you're not good enough for them, that you hold no significant importance to them because it is easier to hate you than to venerate you. They shudder at the idea of you accepting better, of you demanding better, of you living better; their sole purpose is to leave you naked, stripped of all the things they envy about you: your hair (is too nappy), your butt (is too big), your skin (is too dark). And when their judgement of you didn't deter your drive to become educated they told you that being educated was the main reason men couldn't love you. When their obstacles didn't dissuade you from raising a nation without a man's hand they told you this was the main reason men couldn't court you, or respect you, or build a world with you. Daily, they continue to snatch from you, pick at you, constantly chipping away at you and they hate the fact that your skin doesn't crack, that your compassion doesn't bend, and that your WILL won't break. It is easier for them to execrate you than it is for them to praise you. They've robbed you of your style, they've shoplifted your walk, they even stolen your words but they can't strut like you and they can't walk a mile in your shoes. The only thing they have left is to leave you unclothed.. not knowing and completely unawares that being naked is when you are at your very best