You have long grown accustomed To the things about me That used to make your heart Beat faster Nothing about me excites you anymore And...

They burned me alive hung from a tree Burned me in battle for Empire’s gains The centuries pass and nothing's changed In tower blocks...

My body is drunk again Yet with sober eyes Still seeing all that I despise Before me When did I learn to loathe myself? To diminish my...

The so called ‘killings’ were not a matter of murder or morality But a question of insurance for property: Blacks jettisoned to save the...

The sun set in my eye Of slave ship set for sale With all my joy abroad The window of my soul a gape Awaiting the return Of my crudely...

I work hard to stay in shape Plenty dumpling, yam and cakes I don’t shame about my size I am grateful for my thighs! I got contours, I...

i live yesterday today and hope tomorrow is different even though i know i shall spend it looking back since the presence of the past is...

Come to England Come to England Come to the Motherland A call to arms, a call to fight To give your substance and your might To serve the...

You offer me redacted love And I accept That I get the censored you Telling myself that You’re not ready to commit Yourself wholly...

Logic and disbelief wed In union refusing The permanence of your Absence Nonsensical flirts with absolute Natural order teases sanity The...

Though I speak precisely I am not understood Hearers are confused by my eloquence and My refusal to yield not one second To their...

I am an accomplished woman Committed to strong endeavour I find favour wherever I am I was born to be great Not as some count...

I'm all for breaking down barriers But don't touch my hair I’m not even asking nicely Because we shouldn’t even have to go there! Why...