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for 10 seconds Serena Williams danced
the Crypt walk at the Super Bowl
and because of those ten seconds
the world completely lost control
In 2012 she also danced after
her London tennis championship win
yet the world's perception of that
produced a negative spin
how dare this Black woman
dominate their sport? 
how dare this Black woman
dance on their tennis court?

resilience in our joy is what
Black women are all about
we may fall down but we bounce back
with nary a doubt
for our resilience grows out of
our challenges, disappointments and pain
our ability to bounce back 
is how we have sustained
somehow, some way we will always
show up and show out
for in our resilience and in our resistance 
any situation we will surmount

after fleeing from the Egyptian pharaoh 
Miriam and her sisters danced for joy
their resilience and resistance in their oppression 
kept their spirits from being destroyed 
as women have been resilient 
since the beginning of time
because our strength of character and adaptability 
gives us the fortitude to perpetually climb
out of life's pits of despair and abysses of hell
women keep on bouncing back
as the joy in us continuously swells

we got biblical joy that allows us to rejoice
and be a joy to God
which gives us our resilience 
and the strength of heart
for it is in the presence of God where we find 
healing and comfort for our souls
where we get a fullness of spirit
that makes us joyful and whole 

we get resilience in our dancing
which is the embodiment of true joy
because dancing releases endorphins 
our pleasure hormones get deployed
we get resilience in community 
because as women we move in unity
we find our joy in our sisterhood as our strength 
in each other manifests communally

transformative resilience allows us
to bounce forward and not bounce backward in life
as we move in resistance with persistence
wielding our Spirit of the Sword  in the name of Christ
no longer will we be reluctant to show the world
our Blackity-Black 
for we are women with a resilient joy
and we got our godly bounce back
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