I am successful in my own mind.

There are a few “extraordinary” people the world says are so successful, have ideal lives and basically these people live lives other people wish they could live. I feel like I am an attractive African American woman. I don’t see my flaws. I see lovely eyes when I see myself. I see melanin in my skin that makes me a Melanin Queen. I don’t see anything wrong with my eyes, my nose, my lips or my dark skin. I love the way God chose to create me. Yes people with white skin are privileged over darker others but that is just reality and the way it is. I am comfortable being dark skinned and I wouldn’t want to be white or light skinned. I know if my grandparents could see me now they’d say our Ayesha is doing so well. There is a God she’s living proof. We remember her as a little girl. They would be so proud. I dedicated my chapbook to all the people I wanted to thank in the Acknowledgements section at the end of my chapbook!