To Alice Walker

it was so gentle
the way they flew
around my head
and fluttered on
my shoulders 
I didn't know poetry
could travel up and 
down arms like 
exquisite black 
butterflies and 
softly saying what
is so true for you
and the world --
unafraid of what 
is broken and 
just as confident 
in what can keep
the world whole
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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