She

Author: Jayla Williams

 

She moves like bee-bops and b-flats on air waves

And wraps herself so tight in night that they can’t help but to see the heavens in her

She be a storm that nature crowned in hurricanes and tornadoes

Arms strong enough to hold sons and daughters that she may never keep

She carries the earth that was toiled by great grandmothers in eyes that wonder 

Eyes that hold more starry nights than the universe that made her

Sun-kissed skinned proving that when God made her, generations before, he was making art 

Something more than Master could piece together

So great a masterpiece that he couldn’t tear it apart