Black love

Black Mom

You are a nubian queen

You are the north star

Amongst the galaxy of stars

That let my people free



Black Mom

You are the reason I exist

You are the reason I breathe life

I could not pardon your welcoming me

Into this world without giving something back



Black Mom

Your beauty radiate in the dark

With beams of light

Glow from the north star

That light up the dark sky



I raise my head with pride of knowing

I am loved by you

I promise you not to be the coward

To give up life

The reason why I struggle

I rise to survive the darkness



Have mercy on those who died

Those who were raped

And sweated painful tears

As God witnessed their child taken from them at birth

As God is our witness



I dare not curse at the women who conceived a black man

For I felt his pain

And I heard him cry

May God heal our wounds of shame

From being the sons and daughters of former slaves



Black Mom

You are the nubian queen

A galaxy of stars

Pressed agasint the horizon

You are the reason I exist



From the moment I was born

I was able to breathe life

As I inhaled, you embraced me

With your love and kind heart

Your beauty radiates light from heaven

The light I needed to shine