the kind that drip off
your lips.
the kind that sweep you off
your feet.
the kind that make
little children peak through their fingers,
and giggle.
the kind that starts
with a kiss on a hand,
and ends with a happy ever after.
the kind of love story,
society reserves only
for white princesses.
a kind of love story,
society says
women of color,
Black women,
must work for,
must become worthy of,
must earn.
by riding herself of
her ethnicity,
her culture.
her truth.
….all in the name of
love.
we need more black love stories,
a kind of love story,
one shouldn't have to
turn themselves inside out
to find.