Our love is revolutionary
an evolutionary pattern, a bond
so strong that society constantly, consistently
Our black love was God's first creation
He looked at us and knew the divine summation
of our parts
knew that we'd build the foundations of nations
that we'd
rise from the arid sand
and begin history
You loving me
is a rejection of the images white supremacy
has spoon fed us since infancy
Me loving you
is a realization
of the colonization of my mind
It's me breaking free
of these chains and restraints
that kept me
hating my own skin,
my own melanin
steeped in earth bound origins
We exist
despite all the myths
that our type of love is extinct
We exist
as testaments
to our people's strength
we are meant to cement
the notion that we are
beautiful
We are a partnership
that's as bountiful
as the earth awakening in spring
again
We are
what our ancestors dreamed up
what they dreamed of
We are
that revolutionary
Black Love
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Arielle Gray is an aspiring writer and poet. She's currently a freelance music journalist for the music website SoulBounce while working on her own original pieces. Check her work out at www.bonitafrobum.com.
