My Brown skin

My bones are covered by brown skin

Brown skin that glistens in the darkness

Not affected by the hotness

This brown skin

Shades me from the sun

In the heat of the day

This brown skin

Marks me as a target

Makes me want to overcome

For my race

Some people call this skin black 

But it’s brown, deep chocolate brown 

Perhaps with a hint of caramel 

This brown skin

Sometimes makes me want to hide

Ashamed, but my pink cheeks never show

Over this brown skin

Under this brown skin is my soul which knows no colour 

And a heart which is colourless too 

I love my brown skin for all its faults

And I dislike my brown skin for all its good

I live in this brown skin

And I shall die in this same brown skin

I won’t lighten or darken, Even when the seasons change.

I’m a man with a heart, soul, mind,

A life to live, and love inside of me

A man with a body,

Covered by brown skin.

My Brown skin

My Brown skin, I smile

My Brown skin, I express

My Brown skin, I touch

My Brown skin, I live

My Brown skin, I Love