Bitter black woman.
The phrase that stands under every black woman’s’ feet when she walks because she stands on being looked as though she’s unapproachable so that men won’t mistake her as being soft like she’s suppose to be.
She pretends to be aggressive and more masculine than men until it becomes a habit and the habit becomes a lifestyle that never ends.
Bitter black woman who doesn’t smile anymore but instead glances at you as you walk past and she clutches her purse in case she needs it to defend herself.
Bitter black woman.
The one that you take for granted when you start feeling yourself opening up to her and realizing that’s not an option you want her to have so you call her out her name, fuck her until she can no longer feel her legs then leave her on read.
Bitter black woman.
I hate that we call you this.
I hate that the world refuses to own up to the part it has played in the cycle of what isn’t you.
I hate you’ve turned cold because of the countless times you’ve tried to help someone who did nothing but burn you and destroy your name.
Who didn’t care about adding fuel to the fire so they made you vulnerable enough to love and soft enough to fold every bit of you into a ball to shoot their shot just to say they played.
Just to say you gave them a shot.
Just to say it wasn’t worth it on their end because they didn’t have enough balls to keep playing.
To say that you’re the problem.
Bitter black woman.
I’ll kill for you.
I’ll take every gun I own and shoot every head off until it bleeds so that the unborn children never experience the lack of mental stability their mother will hold and the tiredness that she already feels before she has to raise you to become a better person than he ever was.
Bitter black woman, I’m protecting your womb from the trauma it’s already received by allowing wrecked souls to dance inside of you.
Bitter black woman I’ll never say it’s your fault but I hope you understand and are prepared to self evaluate.
Bitter black woman…that’s what they’ll call you until you’re dead.
Bitter. Black. Woman.