I am Black
I talk Black I walk Black
I read Black, I sing Black
I write Black, I watch Black
I had an account on Black Planet
I buy Black on Black Friday, shoooot every day
Gotta keep those Black-owned businesses in the Black
I cook Black, I eat Black
I am smothered, covered, chunked Black
I am dipped and dripped and frosted Black
I sip Black tea with Black Panthers
Dealing Black magic out of my little Black book
Be it Black tie or a little Black dress
I am blessed and unbothered and Black
I’m glowing with…
Dear God of 2020
I thank you for this year
I thank you for the hearts you broke
For each and every tear
I thank you for the robots
The code in every build
I thank you for the lives you’ve saved
And every dream you’ve killed
I thank you for my mother
I thank you for my dad
I thank you for my sisters
And every fight that we have had
I thank you for the stories
Again they have been told
Thanks for when I felt you near
And days when you felt cold
I thank you for…
This is lemon juice in the wounds, this is the icing on the cake, this is disease without cure, this is the last straw it could take, this is way more than words could yet describe, its every pre-ounce of my life, this is a death unspoken, this is a chain unbroken
He is the beginning but won’t be the end, he is a love, the man, a friend, he is the reason I try and try again, I can’t, I won’t, I’ll never lose him
He is late nights and joyous collecting, he is sweet things and journeys unending…
I look back on my last lost love and laugh
I laugh and enjoy the joy we shared and the way we made each other feel
Love is always the same, a beautiful full body experience
I will love again
I was always going to love again
I had love in my heart waiting for the children we could’ve had together
I had love in my heart for the new friends we would make over the years
I have love for my ever-changing group of co-workers and their families
Love is the world’s most renewable form of energy
Love makes…
Feeler of Feelings and Lover of Humanity. Founder of EDEN BodyWorks and PM in Tech. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/jasminelawrence