Experience--Nikki Giovanni

Waiting for Nikki

Walked slowly-quickly, determined 

Recommended your collection

Questions void of quick answers


Our Redeemer Lives


Weather delay

I'll spend my time dreaming

Dreaming of Black boys
Show the world what it means
To wear Black skin on the inside

Cough up cookie crumbs long stuck in my throat
More proud

More hopeful


Black value is not external

If they see me now Become
My world opaque to light
Never focusing on the robes we possess
If they respeak yesterdays

Suburbia Lake wood -- unbending

Heroes at 2802 – Hard wick -- unbending
Hate flattened then sealed we’ll come for you


Walk my road

Look into another mans eyes knowing 

"heard"
 the Lord himself whispers in my ear


Polite nods
shaded smiles

The windows are thrown open fully

Revealing
Rightly spoken