I realized I didn’t have body image issues,
When I started to get naked to have sex.
Everything I thought I should be ashamed of,
was inherited or conditioned.
I loved my naked body.
I was comfortable in my naked body.
I didn’t feel like I had the perfect body
[back then]
And I wasn’t bothered by that.
So all the slimming teas, and sucking in of
my stomach, was me following a trend-
Doing what my big sister was doing,
Funny-
I was conditioning myself to have self
esteem issues.
Didn’t work. Didn’t last.
You could say becoming sexually active saved me.
TODAY.
I feel free when I’m topless.
Topless in the house.
Topless on my rooftop.
Topless working on my garden,
Topless on the beach.
Today, I do have the perfect body
I am tuned in. I know this.
I am fully aware of my body and
all her parts.
Beyond nipples and great skin and
a well defined torso and beautiful
legs, I am tuned into my cells, my
organs. I am learning my biology.
MY PERFECT BODY
A Checklist
? my lymphatic system is functioning
? my kidneys are filtering
? my liver is getting her bitters
? my blood is flooded with oxygen
? my skin is sweating it out in the sun [daily]
? when was the last body scrub?
? regular detox to cleanse the colon
? but first, extended solid food vacation to empty the colon of all junk
? eating raw living foods to stay light and hydrated
? daily movement
? daily stillness
? daily creative time
Biology meets spirituality.
School as we know it, the
education system that we
went through,
Was more about brainwashing
than learning. Designed by
the colonialists to separate us
from our souls.
(KE) Millenials are the most unprotected
generation because our parents
came out fully colonized.
Our parents came out fully separated,
fully in rejection of African spirituality.
They rejected their language, their food,
their gods, their rites and rituals-
They didn’t teach any of this to us-
And so we suffered.
Depression and a host of mental
illnesses.
Autoimmune disorders.
Identity crises.
We have had to find our way back
ourselves.
We really are the curse breakers.
The way finders.
The messengers.
The conduit for our ancestors and
the ancient ones to return to
restore balance
To save our souls
I forgive my parents.
I really do. They didn’t
know. And their suffering
must be really deep. I pray
for their redemption. From the
religious psychosis. From
the foods and Babylon habits
that put us to sleep and
made us numb.
Most of all, I focus on myself
and my own freedom.
Because ultimately, all I can
do is save my own soul.
I get topless on the beach
because sun on my boobs
is healing, prevents
breast cancer, activates
the lymph nodes. The
feeling of free when I’m
topless on the beach
activates my crown
chakra and my sacral
chakra. Inspires me
to move, find play
get creative.
Creativity connects me to my spirituality
My true roots, African spirituality.
Creativity invites me into a space of stillness
and silence and here, God speaks.
God, the loving mother.
God, the great creator of all things
God, goddess, whose womb we all came
from.
She is loving and kind and abundant
She tells me to be BRAVE.
When I’m topless out in public, I feel
BRAVE,
I feel like God sent me, I feel like
God is proud of me, I feel her protection.
When I’m topless, I’m sending out a signal
to all the women.
This is not about fighting the patriarchy
This is about saving our souls. Coming
back to ourselves. Coming back to our bodies.
We are as divine as the Great Baobabs, as
divine as the Great Big Ocean, as celestial as
the moon and the stars,
Our bodies are our physical connection to
this earth, this planet, this galaxy,
this dimension
We must awaken to our eternal holiness.
Sun on our boobs, not a revolution-
a call to prayer.
A connection to the God within.
We are all an incarnation of God,
the loving mother, the Great Creator.
All the people on earth came from her
womb, through our wombs.
Sun on our BOOBS!
We too, are nature. Like the grass and
the sand. This earth is our home.
Isn’t it wild that we can’t be naked
in our own home???
Except, we can.
My name is Nabangala.
I introduce myself as the topless poet
now.
I’m not sure why, it just feels like a
calling. A spurring on from my spirit
team. Something I must do.
I wish toplessness for all of us.
I wish you sun on your boobs,
now and forever more.
With love and gratitude.
Asé!
