Strong, beautiful black woman, so peaceful and serene,
You deserve to live in Paradise and shown the finer things.
Life has dealt you plenty of cards, some winning, others bad,
And tides have brought in waves of memories: both happy and sad.
I hope you don't mind that I shared this poem with a Great Grandmother in our church, she has custody of her two great grandchildren, one of them is 8 and the other is just born 3 months...
You are enough
You have always been enough, and
You will forever be
Enough
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No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed;
Lay that on your heart,
My young angry dear;
when I watch you
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels
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Beautiful Girl,
you don’t even realize
that some people
look at your madness
HERE in a quiet and dusty room they lie,
Faded as crumbled stone and shifting sand,
Forlorn as ashes, shrivelled, scentless, dry -
Meadows and gardens running through my hand.
If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way
Of speaking gently, ... for a trick of thought
Come on, women!
Must rise to the challenges
Of your enhanced responsibilities.
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