Story Of A Black Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDEFFGHHIJKKKKL MMMNOP| The tales of what transpired during my childhood still come back to HAUNT ME | A |
| The pains I acquired for possessing melanin is always present to HURT ME | A |
| Born black to parents who lacked melanin in their SKIN | B |
| Treated as an inferior who later got to be picked from the DUSTBIN | B |
| My 'Never seen till date dad' disowned me as far back as CHILDBIRTH | C |
| Mum likewise abandoned me tagging me as the worst gift God ever gave to EARTH | C |
| I was picked from the gutters and raised in an ORPHANAGE | D |
| Met so many rejected Blacks who were also of my AGE | E |
| We would later go on to change the course of our lives for GOOD | F |
| The supposed curse would be the cause of a blessing that forever STOOD | F |
| Schooling started and twas a living hell for me being forced to learn amongst the WHITES | G |
| Was stigmatized faced discrimination and made to believe my future would never be BRIGHT | H |
| For to them I was black who lacked white to be BRIGHT | H |
| I became that student whose personality was never spoken GOOD OF | I |
| Many joked that good will only be spoken when my black skin begins to PEEL OFF | J |
| While the hate speeches and detestations HEIGHTENED | K |
| A voice kept shaking them off and making me STRENGTHENED | K |
| Though no one was there to encourage me even for A SECOND | K |
| Being Black with a right mindset helped me set my mind to determination as it BECKONED | K |
| Suddenly for the first time ever the Blacks stood to say 'No' to RACISM | L |
| We started up 'Black innovations' which swept the ignorant Whites off their FEET | M |
| Respect which never came in handy then became our 'Whitish GIFT' | M |
| It was a moment of Black child white mind White child dark mind | M |
| We stood to prove that the light is not sighted by what's white outside but by what's bright inside which is beyond HUMAN EYES and COMPLEXION | N |
| Afterall whether Black or White our shadows which reflects light still carries BLACK | O |
| While white might just be a colour BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL | P |
Promise Cheta Okeka
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