Anti-Feminism Black Sisterhood

Anti-Feminism Black Sisterhood

Leave your contradictions at the doorIn such a commandmy body is bareI am a feminist and I believeI believe in a woman's powerher gifts and her dreamstheir aspirations are mineI cradle them tenderly and they warm meWe are womenblackbeautifulintellectually inclinedIn this sisterhoodwe love one anotherwe nurture with laughs oils and bathswe soothe and hold secrets as if they are our ownIn this sisterhoodI wipe her tears and bask in her gloryshe is both my motivation and inspirationYet, she is my enemyIn this sisterhood, we share no blooddistaste leaves my parted lips stretching into spaces I do not seeall in the name of patriarchyI break themin the name of self-preservation our backs are against the wallhere she will join me in my state of nothingness to be desiredIn my quest for greatnessshe is my oppositionI wish her well and I wish for her demiseshe does not know my name but speaks on my behalfbound together merely by the color of our skinconnected by forebearers whose names we will never knowShe's with me in my stepwith her knowledge but not granted consentI look for spaces for us to survive togetherI am her keepershe is mine in returnwe hold one another upwe break one another downI leave my contradictions at the door