Dear Black Mother

Dear Black Mother
I am  in awe of your transcending strength
Despite the ugliness of what life has thrown your way at times
You persevere
You push hard
You birthed more than my life
You have birthed psalms, healing touches, and brighter futures
You plant miracles
You manufacture magic
You are educated in God and in books
Your skin cell burst gold also known as melanin
You fight monsters
You conquer fears, including your own
You create

And I can only hope to be a fraction of what you are to me
And what you have done for me
And have metamorphesized.
You are a goddess
Angels fade into the distance when you speak
Your voice is the voice of a thousand rose pedals
Your steps toward righteousness has superseded Proverbs 31
Crowns do not do you justice
For there is none that is worthy enough to be placed on your person
You triumph over pain
With every morsel of grit you destroy your obstacles
In order to make new doors
You are feminine and powerful
Earthly and unearthly all at once

Dear black mother
May your lineage live on eternally
And manifest itself into a higher humanity.