But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Psalm 59:16 KJV
“My Sisters” is a poem I wrote to celebrate the beauty, strength, creativity and soul-survivorship of Black women everywhere throughout space-time. It is one of the first works I produced at my newly established E-graphX Omnimedia studio, in the heart of Gullah-Geechee territory of Port Royal, SC.
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My Sisters
My sisters are spirit-filled, solace seeking
strong, serene, somber, sensuous survivors,
with surrendered, secured, surreptitious,
suffering, sepia souls.
We are singers of solo songs,
sorrowing past slavery
with seasoned insight,
spinning sunsets.
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