In These Black Hands by Salisa Lynne Grant

Author:Salisa Lynne Grant [Grant, Salisa Lynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-20T07:00:00+00:00

I will do all of this

I will carry your spirit on my shoulders,

and write sonnets to your self esteem,

walk barefoot and open souled to my death with no hesitation,

and cry out freedom songs to your dreams.

I will do all of this

Only asking for one gesture in return,

that you do the same for me.

she called in her soul

when the street lights came on

she worked through knotted hands

and shortness of breath

doing all she knew to do

all she'd ever known

she survived

she practiced surviving on nothing

in preparation for the day

the Big White Man who thought

he lived in the sky and her

bedroom and her heart

would come to take it from her

they always did

they always took things from women like

her

when the hour got late she'd

pretend she was with Jesus

trying to remember what

her mother had tried to teach

her

she'd try to believe

she'd put on her best

front-pew sinner face

we were all with him before

we breathed life

she pulled together all the faith

her mother had left in the cupboards

and gathered it under her

pillow no matter how

withered splintered broken

it may be

as the day ended she lifted

her light from its place

between her breasts and blew

it out for safe keeping

tomorrow

she'd try her best to get it lit again

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