I lived wit myths & music waz my ol man and I could dance a dance outta time/a dance wit no partners/take my pills and keep right on steppin/ linger in non english speakin arms so there waz no possibility of understandin and you YOU came sayin i am the niggah/ i am the baddest muthafuckah out there/ I said yes . this is who i am waiting for and to come wit you/ I hadta bring everythin the dance and the terror the dead musicians and the hope and those scars I had hidden with smiles and good fuckin lay open and I don't know I don't know any more tricks I am really colored and really sad sometimes and you hurt me more than I ever danced outta/ into oblivion isn't far enuff to get outta this/ I am ready to die like a lily in the desert/ and couldn't let you in on it cuz I didn't know/ here is what I have/ poems/ big thighs/ small tits/ and so much love/ will you take it from me this one time/ please this is for you/ arsenios tres cleared the way and makes me pure again/ please please/ this is for you I wanna dance wit ghosts/ snuggle lovers i made up in my drunkness/ lemme love you just like i am/ a colored girl/ i'm finally bein real/ no longer symmetrical and imperviousto pain...
-Ntozake Shange