Dear LifeTime Movie Network

Why do I not see my face on your channel?

My brown skin gets bruised

and my black eyes grow blacker.

I can have stalkers.

I get jealous and bitter.

I cry.

I die.

I feel restless inside.

I kiss boys my mom told me not to.

I date girls society told me not to.

Why don't you tell my story and of my abuse?

"Ain't I a woman?"

Proclaimed Sojourner Truth.

I struggle to feel pretty.

I purge to look skinny.

I get raped, become pregnant,

and wonder whether or not to keep the baby.

I struggle to climb the ladder,

excusing the harassment.

I date psychopaths.

I can be a psychopath.

I lie. I steal.

I am fake. I am real.

I grew up watching your channel,

wishing I could see my face

wishing you would stop washing me away

because whether I am brown, red, or Latina

I wear the spirit of Sojourner Truth like a suit

shouting as loud as I can I am a woman too.