Melanin ordeals.

Why do we desperately try to scrub off the Melanin from our skin with Harmful chemicals

Whitening creams

Cosmetic procedures

To cure it like it's a cursed disease?

Why do we use makeup

To lighten complexion ,

Change skin tone, 

Try to look fairer

And not simply enhance features,

Embracing the tan ? 

Why do we dread, even in moments of carefree and enjoyment, 

The sunburn

The scrutinising eyes

The disapproving glance

That befalls on our abundant supply of melanin?

Why is fairness

An obsession, 

A standard of beauty, 

A shameful comparison 

Resulting in so of us feeling complexed

About the shade of our  skin?

Why do these statements have to be emphasized:

"Black is beautiful"

"Colour does not matter"

"Dark, but nice features."

Like it's some very generous gesture 

Or chants that require memorization!

How many generations have gone by believing that melanin:

Which is a God given blessing, 

Is infact the enemy of their beauty?

How many more generations to come before we are freed entirely from this stigma, 

From this menace of melanin ordeals?

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