THROUGH HER EYES I WITNESSED HER SOUL;
LIKE THE SANDS OF TIME HER STORY SLOWLY UNFOLDS;
SO VIBRANT IN STRENGTH, 86YEARS, LIFE'S A GIFT;
NEVER KNOWN IN THE PHYSICAL BUT THROUGH MY BLOOD I'M FEELING U
GAVE ME THE BIRTH TO BE THE MAN MOST DON'T SEE;
LEGENDS ARE MADE OF THE EPICS OF HER ODYSSEY, PILGRIMAGE, AND
JOURNEY'S;
THE WORDS I SCRIBE RESIDES FROM THE JOYFUL GRACE OF GRANNY'S
EMPOWERED PRIDE, SO GENTLE, BUT YET HEAVENLY WICKED;
GRAB A SWITCH AND BEAT ME, THEN WOULD TENDERLY KISS ME;
THE NIGHTS AS A CHILD TEARS DRENCHED MY PILLOW WHEN FIRES BURNED
DOWN MY VILLAGE, IT WAS HER SPIRIT THAT CALMLY, CHILLED THE ILLS OF MY WILL;
NEVER COULD OVERSTAND HER PATIENTS, INTEGRITY, AND LOYALTY, ALWAYS HEAD HELD HIGH LIKE AFRICAN ROYALTY;
NEVER KNEW HER STRUGGLE, NEVER FELT HER WORRY, NEVER READ ABOUT HER UNABORTED PAIN, BUT THROUGH THOSE PIERCING EYES
ALL I COULD VIEW WAS PURE LOVE AND JOYOUS PRIDE;
POETRY SHE WROTE WHILE RELATIVES SWUNG AND HUNG FROM ROPES,
SONGS SHE SANG WHILE OTHERS RAN WITHOUT A COMPASS IN HAND;
SO MELODIOUS IN TONE, master herd words he couldn't comprehend;BUT TO US IT STRENGTHENED OUR WEARY BONES;
OL' NEGRO SPIRITUALS, NIGHTLY RITUALS, TURNING SLOP INTO A 5 COURSE MEAL, NOTHING LESS THAN A MIRACLE;
THROUGH THOSE ANGELIC EYES I'D PEEK, AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS AN OLDER STRONGER VERSION OF ME;
FOR 32YEARS I'VE FELT HER INSIDE OF ME; AT TIMES WHEN I'M WEEK
IT'S THOSE EYES PEERING BACK AT ME SAYING;
"BOY GET UP AND STAND, YOU'RE TOO STRONG TO BOW TO MAN, THE STRENGTH OF GOD IS WITH YOU, SO WHEN THE WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN, THE RAINS WASHED AWAY, THE THUNDER AND LIGHTENING HAS VANISHED, AND OUR WOUNDS ARE HEALED, IT'S YOU, ME, US, WE THAT REMAIN"
THROUGH THE BLOOD WE ARE REBORN(RED), FROM THE LAND WE SURVIVE(GREEN), AND WITHIN THE NUCLEUS OF OUR SOUL LIES 100CARET GOLD(YELLOW), THE ESSENCE OF OUR SPIRIT;
SHE GAVE ME LIFE, AND IN DEATH SHE PROTECTS MY FLESH
AND WHEN I SEE HER AGAIN MY SPIRIT WILL BE WHOLE AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING
I FAIL IN LOVE WITH THE WOMEN THAT
BREED IN ME MY FAMILY PRIDE; THE SOURCE OF MY STRENGTHENED TEARS; AND THE CORE TO MY FAMILY EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT
PHYSICALLY HERE;
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