V shared a personal revelation —
she had come into an awareness of
her magnitude and design as a
spirit/soul
human/body
black + woman
in that precise order.
how necessary to acknowledge
being so much bigger than this body
and to cherish the fleeting human life span
of a woman
of hue and shape
of undeniable origins
giving refuge and expression to
a boundless and indestructible force.
to celebrate her blackness —
a unique dna of history, culture, biology, and expression
is to nourish her body —
mindful of its resilience and fragility
its cycle of consuming, creating, destroying, releasing, renewing
is to honor the spirit —
a source of radiance, wisdom, compassion
empowering a life with purpose
[january 2014]
tscottmiller 