You tip-toe out of the day
out of the Atlantic Ocean
with Africa's sun on your brown skin
with Africa's wind grazing your dark hair
and all of South America behind you.
Had North America and Europe
had enough sense
they would have followed, too.
Had they known of everything good
tucked away in your womb
then surely surely
they would have followed, too.
Jul 3, 2015
Jul 3, 2015 at 8:30 PM UTC
You tip-toe out of the day
out of the Atlantic Ocean
with Africa's sun on your brown skin
with Africa's wind grazing your dark hair
and all of South America behind you.
Had North America and Europe
had enough sense
they would have followed, too.
Had they known of everything good
tucked away in your womb
then surely surely
they would have followed, too.