Preface
when i first held you
i held the ancestors too
I felt their wisdom settle
into the lightness of your bones
my child
you had just come through an ocean
of blood and salt and desire
and you emerged
into our shared future
robed in our shining past
as you grew
the ancestors held you
and they whispered
things can change and you can change them.
this is the great hope we are born into and die into,
this,
only this.
oh Black child of mine
how long you have been waiting
may you never know
what it took to bring you here
what we did to survive
Zilla Jones
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