Knee Grow Love

Held to Her chest, silly noises and funny faces made you happy Gripped in His hand, temper tantrums and meltdowns reared your independence Your fatigue and fussiness paints with such an unconscionable art-ness All the while We were growing yet teaching you affinity Moon tide you yearned for Us, in your crib-beating, in the beautiful blackness We adored you and said “don’t be afraid of this divine darkness” As a youth you distanced from Us, lashed back always wrong-Us; and right-you Til moving out into the world, aspired zeal and faithfulness surfaced your moral Your Intellect and passion transfigured your heart into a bestowing windfall We piecemeal together a perfect match yet only expected effort from you Effectuating your beat, rhythm and fervor thru the sable noteworthy nightfall Jones in your bones made you fonder of Black Love’s vulnerable call