Thanks to Sir Manuel @manuelthelensman for making this photo available freely on Unsplash

“Hey baby

I just needed to remind you

That I got mad love for you

All these broken things

They’ll heal in time

All these angry flames

They’ll die on down

But my love for you

It goes real deep

Deeper than the deepest sea

My love for you

It won’t grow cold

It’s been running warm

While I’ve been loving you

All along

I’m speaking from

The innermost

Our innermost

Your innermost

I’m speaking as

Your ancestors

Your dearest friend

Your deepest love

I just needed to remind you

That I got mad love for you

It can’t be stopped

By anger hurt or brokenness

Needed to remind you

That I got mad love for you

Like grandmama’s hands

And Aunties prayers

Like uncles jokes

And grandpapa’s cares

From your innermost

Our innermost

The innermost

Of the heavens

This well runs deep

All along

While I’ve been loving you

It’s been running warm

It won’t grow cold

My love for you”

A poem written on 7/2/2021 by Bella L