The Weight

heavy are 
the pounds
of a Black woman
torn down

much lighter
she becomes
rids herself
of some

her heart
unbound 
a powerful
sound
of beating
rhythmic
and calling
on herself
to keep 
from falling
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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