I am a black AFRICAN girl, 17 years of age. I know I am more fortunate than other black African girls because I have gone to school( still am), i have both my parents alive, my family is not rich but we manage and my parents take good care of me. I know this because I am very well informed, i watch news, documentaries and stuff like that.

i saw this beauty campaign while visiting the oprah show website(looking for the secret) and I had to write in simply because i have something to say about it!

As a girl in the current world, i am literally bombarded ...

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from afar he looked at me and i was naked,
exposed , alone, yet
perfectly safe in his unwavering gaze.
he touched me and i felt excruciating pain
as millions of tiny hairs simultaneously pierced ...

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Between you and I
A distortion of lies and deceit
We say and do
But our hearts spell defeat.
We hold still we’re cold ...

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He brings out the best and the worst in me
And loves me despite the two extremes
I am constantly inspired by his mind and body and heart and spirit
Being beside him forces me to push myself to test my limits
And every time I do I find I am better than that ...

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