A Calling to All My Sisters


by Jacquese Armstrong

my sister
you are significant
you are the torchbearer
that keeps the world
from darkness…

…because it is the Light
in our souls
that keeps the world from
complete darkness
hold onto that Light
feed it oxygen
make the flame grow higher



because
we
write ourselves
into existence
and we
create the screenplays
that will play out
tomorrow
and the next day
and the next day

we have that power

and that power cultivates change
as sure as a certain seed cultivated
will grow blossoms

the negative forces
camp around us
they push they prod
cynicism is the child
of ego-centricity and
negativity—
don’t play with him

(hold on a change is coming)

i can’t afford extravagance
i would rather see the Sun
(hold on we make the change)

we think / we say / we act
and in a synergistic way
that becomes reality

we write ourselves into existence…

in a thousand tomorrows
and the next day
all orchestrated
by the soul full music
of pen strokes and imaginings
we
are significant
descendants of the Highest

evolution of the Universe
is in our hands
when we write ourselves into existence

my sister
you are significant
when you are positive
you are the torchbearer
that keeps the world
from darkness…

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Jacquese Armstrong is a poet/writer/speaker residing in Central New Jersey. Her work has been published in Black Magnolias Literary Journal, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, BLACKBERRY: a magazine and BlackMentalHealthNet.com.