For Michelle
Sister Obama
I greet you like swallows in the morning
I salute you
Like palm trees gracefully in the wind
Our spirits long for you
Like deserts where Hannibal trod
Sinking eye holes in the sand
Holding out a sparse leaf
For rain.
Sister Obama
You are our Phoenix
Candling our sun with your wings
Our children look up
There eyes fix
On the white cup
Clasp between your fingers
Like the eagles clasp the twigs.
They must hold on to something
So they can fly.
What magnificient beauty you bring
To our dreams, to his dream
Of soft flowers for your feet,
Sister, poised against the inward eye.
Sister Obama
Words are unnecessary where love can see
The little pictures
From wide windows of history.
We salute saying
We are watching
And we will be here for you
For we have been made
To do everything
And now we will do what we have to do.
Copyright © L'Nass Shango | Year Posted 2009
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