Chlorine Sky

by Mahogany L. Browne

I know what it feels like to have Too much to say So much you can’t speak

But I’m not weak I’m just tired of swinging

This is how I learn to play not as big cause nobody got time for a girl outshining them.

I realize a girl’s mouth is a weapon I realize the game is fixed

It’s hard being friends with people When you are still figuring out who you are

“I don’t know who I am. I don’t know if I’m okay. I don’t know. I don’t know. But I’ll figure it out.”

Nah, I look like me & I like me

I won’t be treated differently because I’m a girl & today everything changes.

Be two steps ahead of anyone that tries to put you down because you’re a girl

Being a Black girl & a Black girl baller is a whole set of rules

You’re never really alone.

Once you figure out what you gaming for Then you can play honest & with integrity If you show up & show the world your real self You don’t have to wait for others to claim you You don’t have to wait for others to pick you You pick yourself, I mean Really choose yourself every day

Today is different Because I say it is mine The sky is mine My name is mine I am Sky & I got now