Queendemme Poem

Lightly touching on the constant contradictions that we as lack women may feel. This poem, written by Caedance, is merely an appetizer of words giving a brief snapshot into what it may feel like to be a lack woman.

"We are natural and we are manufactured..." Words that appear as simple contradictions to each other. Words that are deeper than just words. They are sometimes heavy weights that can often feel like a daily battle. We can be "this" but we can also be "that". We are not always one thing.

We are not just Black women in the prairies. We are also women who like to wear our large afros in small office spaces. We've added Kirk Franklin's "Love Theory" to the same playlist as Drake's "Hotline Bling". We have been taught to "work harder than the next person" while still taught to seek "work/life balance". We are often tasked with knowing when to learn and adapt in a situation while understanding when to stand up for ourselves. We are often walking contradictions, unknowingly allowing opposites to coexist.