And all my momma asks is that I live for me
She cries & pleads saying “baby please don’t be like your mother.”
She’s a hemophiliac
As a child
I… witnessed her boundless bleeding
an eternal cycle of compassion
each drip a cry of creation
this is the love of a woman, a queen
and I want to love like you
ma…
But It’s so hard
It’s hard when your skin scars
blood clots like road blocks
and you must reopen old wounds
to resume this journey it is called life
I’m scared
Because I’ve never seen a man, it’s true
but I’ve seen you, and I promise no man
can compare
See… men break, you bend
men curse, you mend
I commend you and all it is that you are
So imma live for me
If that means living for you
because my blood clots
and if my muse transfuses
then maybe these thoughts
can help heal you
and you can love yourself too
I love you