Just Poetry XLI

…AND RAISE BEAUTY TO

ANOTHER LEVEL OF SWEETNESS



You are a fresh flower

bursting boldly

into a hard world

with a softness

strong as steel



Reaching for sunlight

you raise yourself

up from down under

out of the degrading dirt

society has so routinely

dumped on women,

you have transformed

manure, muck and mire

into fertilizer



Spring self assertedly

past winter weather

you bring a sweet fragrant

incense and inspiration

into musty places

stale with the stuffiness

of misogynic sexist

status quos



You blossom, you bloom

you expand and grow

raising beauty

to a bedazzling higher

and healthier level of

light, life and love



Grow on Black rose

Black woman grow on!



— kalamu ya salaam

…AND RAISE BEAUTY TO

ANOTHER LEVEL OF SWEETNESS



You are a fresh flower

bursting boldly

into a hard world

with a softness

strong as steel



Reaching for sunlight

you raise yourself

up from down under

out of the degrading dirt

society has so routinely

dumped on women,

you have transformed

manure, muck and mire

into fertilizer



Spring self assertedly

past winter weather

you bring a sweet fragrant

incense and inspiration

into musty places

stale with the stuffiness

of misogynic sexist

status quos



You blossom, you bloom

you expand and grow

raising beauty

to a bedazzling higher

and healthier level of

light, life and love



Grow on Black rose

Black woman grow on!



— kalamu ya salaam