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Fever is running high
because the world wants to commodify everything we’ve got.
Resilience is running low
when our backbones are used like a universal crutch.
As far as we have come —
disparity is still real,
representation is not equity, there is more than masks and bullet proof glass —
between the world and us.
Descendants of mitichondrial Eve —
deserve to be affirmed with actions that create ease,
with actions that stop us from waiting to exhale —
and just let us breathe.
Our energy is a currency.
The state of the world needs to manage its expectations,
not everything we do will be magical and extraordinary —
there should be space to recognise the everyday and the ordinary.
Still, what a time to be young, gifted and Black.
Little sis showed out, met the moment with poetic justice —
and unapologetically did all of that.
Worthy of all praise — no doubt,
but even a rising midnight sun —
needs rest, peace and unadulterated fun.
