Best Poems Written by Ra'niqua Lee

I Was Here Last Week

I was here last week

using the blood-stained tears of adversity to document the quarrels of my mind on 
your walls 

The passion that went into each stroke 
held tightly in each breath 
could not be matched

I was here last
 

after everyone else had gone home in spirits high on a wind I couldn’t catch
their tears long-since dried
their thirst for an end to hurt already quenched

I was here
 

The crooked trail of my footprints and the half-empty glass with my lipstick still in 
place
 
You can still see my shadow
swaying slightly to a song only I heard
rocking to the beat of an earthquake no one else noticed 

I was
 
in complete submission to this place 

Each story on these walls I thought was mine
a lesson to learn
to be melted down in a pot that would culminate to embody my change
my freedom
 
I
 
felt the certainty of a new day played out in your smile 
your quiet reassurances
 
Knew that hope wasn’t as farfetched as the queens of my history once vouched

If need be, I’ll be here again tomorrow

Copyright © Ra'Niqua Lee | Year Posted 2011