Homage To My Skin by Mariam Diallo ('23)

My skin is the purest chocolate color.

It is the source of every other flavor.

It does not fit within one category,

The purest things never do.

It is so pure that it appears like a gleam to its surroundings.

I do not have intensely care for it;

The purest things are naturally glamorous, hard to destroy.

Those who appreciate the purest things,

See it for its real beauty.

No external reasons.