Oceans

Let the oceans beneath this skin drown you so that you will never live beyond within.

Let the pains of this life be yet a dream.

Let the ills of this world never be keen to your excellence.

Black baby. Black child.

You are embraced in the warmth of my bosom.

You are kept in the depths of my womb.

Shielded from the insurmountable forces that may try to belittle and kill you.

Black baby. Black child that is within my womb.

Do not escape. Do not be afraid of life within me.

For it is life within me that will give you the strength to be beyond me.

Let the oceans beneath this skin release you so you may conquer life beyond within.