In.SECURE{me}

I have the power to change

everything about me

that society says is not right or should not be

I am secure in me

'Cause when my naps make me feel

too much like mother Africa

I can perm them and press them down

to feel like the rest of ya

I am securely me

I don't think that I'm anywhere close to a ten

and the points I do have

do not come from what lies within

they come from

the smallness of my waist

curving out to the far regions of my back side

and the overall reaction I get

from any common attraction

Secure is in me

When it's not about my looks

It about what I can do with some books

a few degrees

and praise

Not my mind, but what my mind

can put forth

to demonstrate my intelligence

not to promote wisdom

but to promote fame

In securely me

I use to hate

the skin that I'm in

and my solution was not to love it

but convince myself

that it was just the skin

that I'm in

Not to find it beautiful

to accept it as a shortcoming

and in essence

embrace my skin as a sin

I am insecure

Everything I do I second guess it

my appearance of confidence is a clever way

not to stress it

Humility is another way to dress it

but when it all falls down

its implicit

I need security

Unfortunately I have given up my power

and now I need you

world

Cold, Cruel World

to develop a more secure

me

This is something that I

can only describe

as the. . .

In.SECURE{me}