Black.

Black is depth

Black is elegance

Black is strength

Black is beauty 

Black is real

Black is resilience

Black is protection

Black is healing

They say the blacker the berry

The sweeter the juice 

However, what happens when you don’t know your roots?

You float on by like a ship in the night

Searching for the lighthouse to guide you to the shore

Always rolling on the river searching for more

What is it that you’re looking for?

Are you looking for the connection, 

Are you looking for the truth, 

Are you looking for community, 

Are you still searching for your youth?

Black is power

Black is true

Black is love

Black is silent

Black is remembrance

Black is free

Black is wild

Black is light

Sometimes you lose yourself 

Trying to find out who you want to be

There’s a lot of gray matter 

Which isn’t always clear to see

Created on a white canvas

Painted with all the colors like a rainbow

You are the artist so what will you create

John 1:14

©️2021 Shadonna Gordon 

About Shadonna Gordon

Shadonna Gordon is currently a black doula and

healthy lifestyle coach working in Long Island, NY.

She is an aspiring poet and entrepreneur who in

her free time can be found curled up with a good

book, binge watching shows, or in the kitchen

cheffing it up. She is a proud music lover, dog

mom to her PitBoxer Blazé, and yogi in the

making. Follow her birthworker journey as she

grows @wildheartbirthing and glows

@delasolherbaliz on Instagram.