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  >> Static Item >> Poetry >> Cultural >> ID #1827117  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
Brown Love
This poem depicts the strength and loyalty in African-American love.
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Mandingo man

Mahogany woman

Joined together

In a chocolate swirl

Of hot, steamy love

That no one can touch

And no one can break.

Their love conquers all

Their love is strong.

No one

No vanilla

No bonita

No yellow

No anyone

Can destroy the bond in their brown love.

In times past, "they" have tried to

Eradicate

Exterminate

Annihilate and Mutilate

The natural union of these two,

Which has overcome

Every obstacle thrown its way.

The point of its power

Should be PowerPointed

As the prototype of real love.

While the constant brainwashing of society

Tries to lighten the color of their love,

Mandingo man wants no one but mahogany woman

To procreate and create strong children

Dark pigmentation and kinky hair

Broad features up here and down there

Resiliency innate

Survival's their fate.

Mandingo man, continue to love us

We are here for you, it's our destiny

We were made just for you, specifically

The Eve to your Adam.

Mahogany woman, continue to believe in him

His struggle is our pain, be his backbone

He was made for us, don't leave him alone

The Adam to our Eve.

No one can touch

The hot, steamy love

Of this chocolate swirl

The unity of

The mahogany woman

And the mandingo man.

~Constant Truth

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