to sister prophetess

my roving heart
found a home in your words
yet i cannot summon
the right words to
thank you

you are
woman
powerful
black
prophetess
strong
beautiful
kind

yours was the first voice
to call me powerful
to teach me that
power & shame
are not dishes
mean to be served
together

you prophesied over
my fluttering, fearful
soul
you spoke my future
self to life that day
she did not learn to speak
for many years
but you taught my heart
to unleash it's rumble
and now
i am an earthquake

you are my
Prometheus

i didn't know
i needed to be
ignited
until you showed me
what freedom
and fire
and love
and power
all looked like
when you don't
apologize for them

may Abba bless you
may you feel my gratitude
in your spirit
thank you sister prophetess
thank you for seeing me
and for telling me
the truth

1.10.18 / 3.15.18