She left me at the doorstep of a world that didn’t wait
Mama’s love was absent, just a locked and heavy gate
He touched what he should’ve never seen—
Stole my childhood in between
And silence became my lullaby,
While pain would tuck me in at night
They told me who I wasn’t, tried to bury all my light
Too Black to be accepted, too White to claim my right
The mirror was a battleground, my plate a war I fought
An empty stomach filled with shame
Was the only peace I thought
The badge became a bullet, the law a loaded gun
They murdered blood I’d die for, now I’m the only one
The courtroom felt like shackles,
Like I was on trial too
But justice never wore my face
Or walked inside my shoes
I danced with every demon, named them all as mine
Carved a purpose from the ashes, turned grief into a sign
The child they tried to break, now rises from the fall
I wasn’t made to please them—
I was made to heal them all!!!!!!!
They fed me lies with every stare,
Called me names I couldn’t bear
Laughed at rolls and ribs and bone,
Made my body feel alone
But hunger didn’t win that war,
I found strength they never saw
Now I nourish what I am—
A temple, not a flaw
Now I walk with sacred knowing,
In rhythm with the skies
The Most High held my broken pieces
And taught these wings to rise
I ain’t perfect by design—
I’m divinely set apart
The war birthed more than beauty,
It awakened lionheart
There’s a battle behind the beauty,
A storm beneath this skin
Every scar became a roadmap
To where my soul begins
I was shaped by fire and fury,
But grace kissed every bruise
I am perfectly imperfect—
The pain was just my muse
Now I teach through every movement,
Let my body speak my truth
From the warzone to the dance floor—
I reclaim what they misused
Every bruise became a blessing,
Every fall a sacred step
Now I stand, not for perfection—
But for healing, love, and depth
