I still believe in love,
somehow...
I'm hesitant,
because here we sit so calmly...
i
see it...
When the white man
hears accusations of "privilege...
If only I could have saved her.
If only I could have known her name...
We plant flowers in our chests
and bloom epiphanies...
I see you, mother,
dipping out from the shadows...
I am the dust here;
I cannot carry your...
they condemn us with bibles
pictures of fiery pits...
A dog barks and wags its stump
of a tail when its master returns...
The day is finished, and
she didn’t say goodnight the way...
Stop using your
tongue to speak...