Ode To A Black Man

ODE TO A BLACK MAN

FOR THOU HADST TAKEN THE BREATH
OUT OF MY BODY
TIS HARD TO BELIEVE OR CONCEIVE
THAT YOU HAVE BETROVED YOURSELF
TO SPEND YOUR LIFE WITH ME
FOR THOU TOUCHED
AND MY HEART DID MELT AWAY

I AM DARK BUT COMELY
SOLOMON SAID
BUT OH YOUR DARKNESS
MY LOVE
PENETRATES EVEN THE BRIGHTEST
ROOM
YOU COMPLIMENT THE SUN AS
YOUR WELL DEFINED STATURE
BIDS ME TO COME…
SOON
MY LOVE
I RETORTED WITH MINE EYES
RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT TO ADMIRE
THIS PRIZE CATCH
OF STRENGHTH
VISION
COVERED IN DETERMINATION TO
UPHOLD HIS POSITION OF
GREATNESS

TIS YOU MY SOUL DESIRETH
BLACK MAN
NOT EVEN THE DRY AND BARREN LANDS
OF OUR HOMELAND
CAN HINDER THY FERTILE SEED
FROM SPRINGING FORTH WITHIN ME

I SHALL BE THY QUEEN
WARRIOR
FIGHTING IN UNISON AGAINST
THE TYRANNIES OF
ABJECT POVERTY
SYSTEMS OF GREED
TOGETHER WE SHALL BE
FEEDERS OF TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE
PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE
RE-WRITING HISTORY
REMINDING OUR PEOPLE
WHO WE ARE
AND WHAT WE ARE MEANT
TO BE

WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST
FREE……

BLACK MAN
I SALUTE THEE

MAKEST THOU ME TO RUN IN HASTE
AT THE SOUND OF THY VOICE
FOR INDEED YOU HAVE CHOSEN WISELY
I AM HUMBLED
YET BLESSED
TO KNOW BLACK MAN

TIS YOU I LOVE
AND NO ONE ELSE
TO THIS I DO ATTEST

ELITHA©2006